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Last Word: Donald Rumsfeld (pictured), Menelik Shabazz, Elizabeth French

Donald Rumsfeld, Menelik Shabazz, Elizabeth French

Donald Rumsfeld (pictured), Menelik Shabazz, Elizabeth French

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Matthew Bannister on a US defense secretary, a film-maker and an archaeologist.

Matthew Bannister on US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, film-maker Menelik Shabazz and archaeologist Elizabeth French.

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Donald Rumsfeld, the US Secretary of Defense who challenged the military bureaucracy, advocated the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was blamed for many of the failings of that operation.

Menelik Shabazz, the pioneering film director who supported the careers of many other black film makers.

Elizabeth French, the archaeologist who was a leading expert on the pottery of the ancient Greek city of Mycenae.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Justin Webb
Interviewed guest: Andrew Cockburn
Interviewed guest: Joy Francis
Interviewed guest: David Somerset
Interviewed guest: John Bennet

Archive clips used: C-SPAN 19/03/2003;  CNN 02/12/2002; AP 13/05/2004;
Step Forward Youth 1977 by Menelik Shabazz; Burning an Illusion 1981 by Menelik Shabazz; 
Blood Ah Go Run 1981 by Menelik Shabazz; Autumn Breeze Movies, Mycenaean War and Peace 24/05/2010;
Introduction to Mycenaeans and Mycenaean Culture, History with Cy 21/06/2019; History Victorum, 
The Citadel of Mycenae 04/06/2020.

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