In partnership with NBC
Smoking Man: Political Ads That Changed the Game
Part of the Image Makers Series
Image Makers
From Lyndon Johnson's “Daisy” to Hillary Clinton's “It's 3 am,” Image Makers goes behind the scenes of some of our most historically influential political ads with the people who made them. This series of mini docs was created by Matthew Spolar in collaboration with NBC News.
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