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Connections: Discussing "Dune"

WXXI News | By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack
Published October 26, 2021 at 2:22 PM EDT

Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the novel "Dune" was released on Friday. The sci-fi space opera tells the story of a resource-deprived galaxy 8,000 years in the future.

This hour, our guests -- Dune fans -- explore some of the film's themes and their parallels to 2021. Our guests:
Connections
Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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