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Here’s what you can learn by painting a giant mural in South Dakota

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"If we could all slow down, take a moment and understand each other, we would see others for who they really are."

That's the takeaway from Emad Rashidi, who has just unveiled his documentary about artist Guido van Helten of Australia, who wanted to learn more about the people of a small town in South Dakota and painted the biggest mural in the state.

It's pretty great.

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(h/t: Pegeen Donlin)