Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

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A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

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Catherine Mary Stewart

Malcolm J. Christopher

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