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Film Review - Unsung Hero

Film Review - Unsung Hero

A decidedly authorised version of the Smallbone family's tumultuous US immigration and experiences in the CCM scene

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Jun 17, 2024
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In Unsung Hero, those unfamiliar with America’s Contemporary Christian Music scene (often called CCM) get an interesting albeit rather saccharine insight into this subculture via the trials and tribulations of the Smallbone family, and their move to the US in the early 1990s. Australia’s economic woes deep-six an expensive tour for…

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