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10%: What Makes a Hero?

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Award-winning director Yoav Shamir (Defamation, Checkpoint) sets out on an entertaining and insightful international quest, exploring the notion of heroism through a multi-faceted lens. From ordinary heroes to freedom fighters, primates to humans, behavioral scientists to geneticists, even Ayn Rand to Raelians, Shamir leaves no stone unturned, and along the way unveils the fundamental truths of human nature.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2013-07-16

Runtime: 88 mins

Director: Yoav Shamir

Spoken language: English

Genres: Adventure, Documentary

Original title: 10%: What Makes a Hero?

Production Companies: Yoav Shamir Films

Production Countries: Congo, Israel, United States of America, South Africa, Germany

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