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What caused the French Revolution? - Tom Mullaney

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What rights do people have, and where do they come from? Who gets to make decisions for others, and on what authority? And how can we organize society to meet people’s needs? Tom Mullaney shows how these questions challenged an entire nation during the upheaval of the French Revolution.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Tom Mullaney
Director
Sashko Danylenko
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Animator
Sashko Danylenko
Storyboard Artist
Sashko Danylenko
Character Designer
Sashko Danylenko
Editor
Kasia Zabavko
Composer
Fima Chupakhin
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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