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Endeavour with Chris Hadfield: Forest Whitaker

By Elevate, October 28, 2020

Chris sits down with artist, Academy Award-winning actor and activist Forest Whitaker to talk about peace, conflict resolution, and empathy.

Together they discussed spacewalks, Forest’s character process, and the simple steps that we can take today to set ourselves on course for a brighter future.

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