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Mads Brügger

Danish filmmaker and TV host. His first two films, Danes for Bush and The Red Chapel, are ironic documentaries filmed in the United States and North Korea respectively. In October 2011 he released a new documentary, The Ambassador, about the trading of diplomatic titles in Africa. Brügger impersonated a Liberian ambassador by purchasing a new identity on a black market, and then proceeded to expose the ease with which people holding diplomatic titles can exploit the gem trade. As result

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