Zeitgeist Theatre + Lounge +
ST CLAUDE ARTS PARK
6619 - 6621 ST. Claude ave. arabi, la 70032
(504) 352-1150 rene@zeitgeistnola.org
"Something for and against everybody"
Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments inc is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization classified as a 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are an art house cinema and multi-disciplinary arts center that was founded in New Orleans, LA in November 1986.
We currently have 80 seats in our theatre and 50 seats in our lounge. Yes, we are available for private screenings and events.
We installed 3 UV air-scrubbers in our ventilation system for your safety. Check out our new Dolby sound system.
Our theatre is located just one block East of New Orleans past Jackson Barracks in Arabi, LA
(currently the 6th fastest growing neighborhood in America)
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of this website or through PayPal to rene@zeitgeistnola.org or Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our venmo
Introducing the
ST Claude Arts Park
An initiative of the Meraux Foundation, the St. Claude Arts Park is its latest addition to St. Claude Arts, a campus for creativity, culture, and community teeming with artists, arthouse films, creative music, literary events, galleries, photographers, sculptors, and more — all just minutes from downtown New Orleans. The Meraux Foundation has generously tapped Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge to manage and curate the space.
For event rental, vendors, pop-ups or bookings please contact:
Rene Broussard, Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
6621 St Claude Ave, Arabi, LA 70032 (504) 352-1150 rene@zeitgeistnola.org
Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments inc is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization classified as a 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are an art house cinema and multi-disciplinary arts center that was founded in New Orleans, LA in November 1986.
We currently have 80 seats in our theatre and 50 seats in our lounge. Yes, we are available for private screenings and events.
We installed 3 UV air-scrubbers in our ventilation system for your safety. Check out our new Dolby sound system.
Our theatre is located just one block East of New Orleans past Jackson Barracks in Arabi, LA
(currently the 6th fastest growing neighborhood in America)
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of this website or through PayPal to rene@zeitgeistnola.org or Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our venmo
Introducing the
ST Claude Arts Park
An initiative of the Meraux Foundation, the St. Claude Arts Park is its latest addition to St. Claude Arts, a campus for creativity, culture, and community teeming with artists, arthouse films, creative music, literary events, galleries, photographers, sculptors, and more — all just minutes from downtown New Orleans. The Meraux Foundation has generously tapped Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge to manage and curate the space.
For event rental, vendors, pop-ups or bookings please contact:
Rene Broussard, Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
6621 St Claude Ave, Arabi, LA 70032 (504) 352-1150 rene@zeitgeistnola.org
ZEITGEIST – NOUN, GERMAN. THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES; GENERAL TREND, MOOD OR FEELING CHARACTERISTIC OF A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS REFLECTED IN THE ARTS, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, ETC. \ˈtsīt-ˌgīst, ˈzīt-\
Tuesday, December 6th:
In the Zeitgeist Theatre: 7:00 pm- LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER
The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama, a rural, impoverished town with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a town that was eighty percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This isn't a story of hope but of action. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County. [TRAILER] In the
Zeitgeist Lounge: 
Friday, December 9 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the U.N.O. Creative Writing Workshop 
This act will be postponed and Will resume in the future
THANKFUL MOUNTAIN MARTIN KRUSCHE PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY Each Thursday @ 8:00 pm Martin Krusche (saxophone) will duo with select musicians in the Zeitgeist Lounge. This is a much welcomed return to the weekly performance residency Martin did at Zeitgeist for months prior to Covid. Donations. in the
ST CLAUDE ARTS PARK next door @ 6619 St Claude Ave, Arabi, LA 70032 
Saturday, December 10 from 9:00 pm to midnight
PhotoNOLA 2022 CLOSING PARTY in the Zeitgeist Lounge, Theatre & Arts Park featuring LIVE MUSIC – BRUCE SUNPIE BARNES AND THE LOUISIANA SUNSPOTS! Live in the Zeitgeist Lounge Bruce Sunpie Barnes is a New Orleans musician, former park ranger with the National Park Service, actor, photographer, book author, former high school biology teacher, former college football All-American, and former NFL player (Kansas City Chiefs). Sunpie Barnes’ many careers have taken him far and wide. He has traveled to over 53 countries playing his own style of what he calls Afro-Louisiana music incorporating blues, zydeco, gospel, Caribbean and African influenced rhythms and melodies. He is a multi-instrumentalist, mastering accordion, harmonica, and piano along with rubboard, talking drum, and dejembe. He learned accordion from some of the best Zydeco pioneers in Louisiana, including Fernest Arceneaux, John Delafose, and Clayton Sampy. Along with his musical group Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, he has performed at festivals and concerts across the US and around the globe. Sunpie has recorded 7 critically acclaimed CDs with his compositions currently featured in 16 Hollywood film productions. In addition to this musical work he is also a former member of the Paul Simon Band that embarked on a 58 city world tour “Paul Simon and Sting Together”, which span 36 countries (2014,15 and 16). In 2018 Latin Super Star Carlos Vives invited Sunpie along with the Louisiana Sunspots perform with him at the 51st annual Vallenato Festival in Valledupar, Colombia. SHORT FILMS & FILMMAKER Q&A IN THE ZEITGEIST THEATRE Rolling throughout the night in the Zeitgeist Theatre – Some producers/writers/directors/actors will be in attendance! MARY ENGEL Mary will be in attendance and available for Q&A Mary Engel is an award winning filmmaker, director of the Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive, and founder of the American Photography Archives Group. Mary Engel has been the director of the Ruth Orkin Photo Archive since its inception in 1985. She is responsible for all aspects of managing the archive including sales, licensing, marketing, legal issues, preservation and social media. Engel works with photography galleries, museums and auction houses in the United States and abroad. She has published four catalogs of photography. Mary recently wrote the introduction and served as co-editor on Ruth Orkin: A Photo Spirit, published in 2021. Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life – premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996, and went on to screen at many other festivals. The film was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of the “Outstanding Documentaries of 1996.” MATT S BELL Matt S. Bell was born and raised in the heart of Louisiana where he began his career as a photographer before moving into motion pictures. After graduating with a BFA in Photography, he began his career as a cinematographer with several notable network and independent feature projects. Matt has since developed a portfolio of more than 25 films including Santa Jaws(Syfy), A Day in the Life of America(Paradox, Jared Leto), The Requin(Saban Entertainment), and many more. Ryker -Kai Ryker (Jeff Pearson) suddenly wakes up in an abandoned junk yard covered in scraps and dried blood with no memory of what brought him there. Only with the discovery of a recent memory is Kai able to unveil any sense from the situation. NATHAN TAPE Moriah – In the 70’s in the Deep South, an estranged son is violently reunited with his father against his will. Sometimes, we all need a little Mercy. FERN NESSON Fern will be in attendance and available for Q&A Fern L. Nesson is a fine art photographer who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received her MFA in Photography from Maine Media College (2018), a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1971), and an M.A. in American History (Brandeis University 1987). Fern’s spare photographs distill reality to its essence, highlighting its energy through the use of form and abstraction. In the past four years, she has had solo exhibitions in Torino, Italy, at Les Rencontres D’Arles, at the MIT Museum, at the Beacon Gallery in Boston, and at Through This Lens Gallery in Durham, NC. Additionally, her work has been selected for numerous juried exhibitions in the U.S., Barcelona, Rome and Budapest. She will have a solo show at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston this spring. Fern’s photobooks, Signet of Eternity and WORD received the 10th and the 12th Annual Photobooks Award from the Davis-Orton Gallery. She is represented in New England by the Beacon Gallery. All Here All Now – Einstein said the difference between past, present and future is an illusion. The images in this film are all about the nature of time. Each contains within it traces of the past and hints of the future. The Mind of God – This film examines and evokes the parallels between theoretical mathematics and abstract photography. The soundtrack is a digital sonification of the Mars Voyager expedition made by a British physics professor, Domenico Vicinanza and used with his permission. L’Invitation Au Voyage – Baudelaire’s most famous, and arguably most beautiful romantic poem, is the subject of this film. Read first by a French speaker and then in a translation (done by me), the film examines the art of translation in both text and image. Using a form of abstraction in each sphere makes the poem come alive for non-French readers. Rhythm of My Soul – This film seeks parallels between harmony and rhythm in mathematics and abstract photography. The soundtrack is of Japanese taiko drums. CHRISTOPHER RYANChristopher will be in attendance and available for Q&A Christopher is an international conceptual photographer based in New Orleans. His unique series of works have been produced in over 20 countries and exhibited throughout USA and Thailand. Currently his solo exhibition “Lord of the Flies – Thailand” is being held at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge and available for viewing during the closing party. A Colorful Boy – Explores the theme of a colorless world and finding inspiration through the innocence and imaginative minds of children. 
Sunday, December 11 @ 7:00 pm
EUGENE CHADBOURNE & DAVID MENESTRES Eugene Chadbourne The task of describing the life and work of Eugene Chadbourne (aka Doc Chad) is more than daunting. His music is so unique, and his output over 45 years of music-making is so vast, as to defy description To that must be added so many other skills and important contributions to music. He is truly a Renaissance man, a rebel among rebels. He began playing guitar at an early age. What began with a simple boyish dream and a Herman's Hermits record turned into a musical odyssey that has connected the dots between the Appalachians and the edges of the known musical universe. Along the way, he's taught himself the banjo; in the late 1990's he performed at the Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center on Magazine Street. Eugene is a music lover who listens to the world with an open mind, which is reflected in his sets. A typical one could include the music of Thelonious Monk, Eric Satie, Merle Haggard, Phil Ochs, Nick Drake or Willie Nelson along with his own. Some of the departure points may be familiar, but even if you have heard him play a song before, you won't hear it the same way again. Each performance and each listening is unique. It has to be. To paraphrase an old saying "you can't play the same note twice" and at the heart of improvisation is an awareness of music, the instrument, the place and all that has led up to that moment. The list of artists he has collaborated with runs into pages. Camper Van Beethoven, John Zorn, Aki Takase, Jimmy Carl Black,Tony Trishka, Corrision of Conformity, Kevin Blechdom and the Violent Femmes are just a handful. He has also written widely about music, inventing the touring diary when he described his travels with Shockabilly in 1984, and creating books including I Hate the Man Who Runs This Bar and the 2016 autobiographical Dreamory. David Menestres David Menestres is a bassist, composer, writer, and radio DJ currently based out of Durham, NC. David is the founder of the long running Polyorchard project. His writing has appeared in Music & Literature, The Brooklyn Rail, Indy Week, Van, Bandcamp, and more. David the is host of the weekly Tone Science program on taintradio.org. 
Monday, December 12 @ 7:30 pm
LELAND SCOTT DAVIS (drums from Ohio), JOSHUA SMITH (sax), WILL THOMPSON (piano, electronics) Leland Scott Davis has studied and performed with Yaya Diallo, Sayon Camara, Jamey Haddad, Todd Roach, Randy Gloss, Ates Altiok, Yousif Sheronick, Glen Velez, Jerry Leake , Paul Samuels and Val Kent. 
Friday, December 16 @ 7:30 pm
in the Zeitgeist Lounge THE SHEEM presents their new video THE LIEMENT followed by a live concert. 
Saturday, December 17 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm
LMNL LITerary FESTIVAL in the St. Claude Arts Park and Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge Saturday, December 17 @ 7:30 pm
in the Zeitgeist Lounge SHINING FIELDS presents their film OLD WAY with a live musical score plus special guests NAIL CLUB. 
Tuesday, December 20 @ 7:30 pm
in the Zeitgeist Lounge LAVINRAC RENRETSEW The Lavinrac Renretsew is Americana/folk with knees deep in a rockabilly mindset. Imagine a sound blending and bending the Cramps, Leonard Cohen, Bonnie Prince Billy and Hanks Williams into an audio ambrosia salad. The Lavinrac Renretsew comes from Georgia but has decades of deep roots in West Texas music. The newest release has been described as "haunting melodies that are really comforting to listen to." Lavinrac Renretsew is Steven Drew Poeling, a singer/songwriter who is touring across the country. Friday, January 20 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the U.N.O. Creative Writing Workshop Friday,February 10 @ 8:00 pm GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the U.N.O. Creative Writing Workshop Friday, March 10 @ 8:00 pm GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the U.N.O. Creative Writing Workshop Friday, April 14 @ 8:00 pm GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the U.N.O. Creative Writing Workshop Friday, May 12 @ 8:00 pm GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the U.N.O. Creative Writing Workshop |
In the Zeitgeist Theatre
All films are in the Zeitgeist Theatre.
7:00 pm nightly
LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama, a rural, impoverished town with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a town that was eighty percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This isn't a story of hope but of action. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County. [TRAILER] 
Opening December 9:
FOUR SAMOSAS by Ravi Kapoor When a wanna-be rapper learns his ex is engaged to marry his smarmy rival, he and three other misfit dreamers plan a heist to steal her wedding diamonds and win her back in this feel-good family caper. This Indian indie comedy stars Venk Potula, Sonal Shah, Sharmita Bhattacharya and Nirvan Patnaik. [TRAILER] 
Opening December 16:
200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh Mustafa, a Palestinian construction worker, lives in a West Bank home a mere 200 meters away from his wife and children, on the other side of the Israeli border wall. Though eligible for an Israeli ID, Mustafa sacrifices living with his family in resistance to what he believes are unjust laws enforced by the occupying Israeli government, so he instead uses his work permit to visit daily. The arrangement is functional, until one day Mustafa gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been seriously injured and brought to an Israeli hospital. Rushing to cross the border checkpoint, Mustafa is denied on a technicality. Stopping at nothing to reach his child, a 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as the increasingly desperate Mustafa attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the wall. Featuring a mesmerizing central performance by Ali Suliman (PARADISE NOW, JACK RYAN), 200 METERS "persuasively captures the grinding indignities of day to day Palestinian life" (Screen Daily) in an impressive feature debut by writer/director Ameen Neyfeh that expertly balances tender family drama and frenetic political thriller. [TRAILER] 
Opening December 16:
THE ALMOND AND THE SEAHORSE by Celyn Jones & Tom Stem An archaeologist and an architect fight to re-imagine a future after a traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love. This indie drama stars Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Celyn Jones & Trine Dyrholm. [TRAILER] 
Opening December 26:
TANTURA by Alon Schwartz In 1998 Israeli graduate student Teddy Katz meticulously documented a massacre of Palestinian civilians in the village of Tantura during the 1948 war for Israel's independence, he was initially celebrated for his groundbreaking work. But soon, he was stripped of his degrees and was publicly shamed as a fraudulent traitor. Decades later, incendiary new evidence emerges to corroborate Teddy's initial findings, not just vindicating him, but raising profound questions about how Israelis — and us all — deal with the darker chapters of history. [TRAILER] Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
Zeitgeist is ALL- AGES & SMOKE-FREE
Zeitgeist has received a "Performing Arts Exception" which means we can operate as an ALL-AGES venue and still serve alcohol. Children and minors may attend Zeitgeist films, concerts and events, but can not sit at or approach the bar. They may not also consume alcohol. To purchase and consume alcohol you must have a valid ID.
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V I S U A L A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
Lord of the Flies Thailand
by photographer Christopher Ryan
presented as part of PhotoNOLA 2022
November 30, 2022 – January 30, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9 PM
in the
Zeitgeist Theater and Lounge
Open one hour prior to film screenings, or by appointment
A fascinating look at classic themes such as loss of innocence, civilization vs savagery, and struggle to build civilizations. These themes are amplified in the overly polarized times we live in.
Solo exhibition by international conceptual photographer, Christopher Ryan.
The exhibition features movie poster prints from his own interpretation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies shot on Koh Si Chang, Thailand with an all Thai cast comprised of a local troop of The National Scout Organization of Thailand.
This is one of four exhibitions on the St. Claude Arts Campus held during PhotoNola.
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The opening reception on December 10, 2022 from 6 to 9 pm will be immediately followed by the PhotoNola Festival’s official closing party - hosted by Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge and the St Claude Arts Park from 9:00 pm until Midnight.
The closing week in January will be accompanied by an artist talk along with a 60 year anniversary screening of the original 1963 film by the late Great director Peter Brooks.
by photographer Christopher Ryan
presented as part of PhotoNOLA 2022
November 30, 2022 – January 30, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9 PM
in the
Zeitgeist Theater and Lounge
Open one hour prior to film screenings, or by appointment
A fascinating look at classic themes such as loss of innocence, civilization vs savagery, and struggle to build civilizations. These themes are amplified in the overly polarized times we live in.
Solo exhibition by international conceptual photographer, Christopher Ryan.
The exhibition features movie poster prints from his own interpretation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies shot on Koh Si Chang, Thailand with an all Thai cast comprised of a local troop of The National Scout Organization of Thailand.
This is one of four exhibitions on the St. Claude Arts Campus held during PhotoNola.
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The opening reception on December 10, 2022 from 6 to 9 pm will be immediately followed by the PhotoNola Festival’s official closing party - hosted by Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge and the St Claude Arts Park from 9:00 pm until Midnight.
The closing week in January will be accompanied by an artist talk along with a 60 year anniversary screening of the original 1963 film by the late Great director Peter Brooks.
JOSEPH BEUYS: POSTERS AND PRINTS
on permanent loan and exhibition in the
BEUYS + BEYOND Gallery
(which connects Zeitgeist Theatre and the Lounge)
Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist,art theorist and pedagogue. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, anthroposophy and the “zeitgeist”. It culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. His career was characterized by open public debates on a very wide range of subjects including political, environmental, social and long term cultural trends. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.
on permanent loan and exhibition in the
BEUYS + BEYOND Gallery
(which connects Zeitgeist Theatre and the Lounge)
Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist,art theorist and pedagogue. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, anthroposophy and the “zeitgeist”. It culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. His career was characterized by open public debates on a very wide range of subjects including political, environmental, social and long term cultural trends. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Z E I T G E I S T ' S O N G O I N G F I L M S E R I E S :
BEUYS AND BEYOND
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
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CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S. Since 1993, Zeitgeist's ongoing SERIES OF FILMS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND VISUAL ART celebrating the innovative, utterly bizarre and extremely vast body of work from our neighbors to the north. Their films may be smaller, but at least their country is bigger! Size does matter. |
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Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of our website; through PayPal to rene@zeitgeistnola.org; Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our new venmo @zeitgeistnola
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Special thanks to the Meraux Foundation, The Old Arabi Neighborhood Association, Councilman Gillis McCloskey, The St. Bernard Chamber Of Commerce, Shotgun Cinema, Ellis Fortinberry & Chalmette Movies, the people of St. Bernard Parish and those who have followed us from New Orleans for all of their support. We couldn't have dreamed of a better venue or neighbors.
Zeitgeist would also like to acknowledge the indigenous history of New Orleans, and more broadly, Louisiana, and recognize the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. We would also like to acknowledge the state-recognized tribes of Louisiana, which include the Addai Caddo Tribe, the Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee, Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb, Clifton Choctaw, Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band, Isle de Jean Charles Band, Louisiana Choctaw Tribe, Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe, and the United Houma Nation.
Zeitgeist celebrates it's 36th Anniversary in November!
So come help us celebrate and show your support!
So come help us celebrate and show your support!
We want to thank all of the artists, volunteers, organizations, members, donors and patrons who have kept us going.
We've come a long way. Let's keep it going!
We've come a long way. Let's keep it going!
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