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Political conspiracy movies from the past can help us understand our current moment

Political conspiracy films peaked in the 1970s. What do those films offer at a time when conspiracy theories flood social media and are repeated by the president and other politicians?

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Marc Rivers
Adam Raney
Barrie Hardymon is the senior editor for NPR's Investigations team.