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Movies in the Mountains: Hunger Games

Check out this great article by Cara Ellen Modisett on how the movie was filmed in our own local areas of North Carolina to give beautiful forest backdrops as described in the book "The Hunger Games."

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Movies in the Mountains: Hunger Games

Check out this great article by Cara Ellen Modisett on how the movie was filmed in our own local areas of North Carolina to give beautiful forest backdrops as described in the book "The Hunger Games."
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