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  "textContent": "After launching last year in Berlin and being tapped as South Africa’s official entry for the international feature Oscar race, “The Heart Is a Muscle” comes home to South Africa this week, where it screens out of competition at the Joburg Film Festival alongside a nationwide theatrical release on March 6. The film was written […]",
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