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 What's taken away is never lost in Garrett Bradley's emotional documentary. Love stories are a lot different in the movies. Love stories are also a lot different if you're not black in America. But make no mistake about it, Garrett Bradley's 20-year compilation of the Rich family odyssey, is undoubtedly a love story. Through home videos, phone calls, speeches, and camera phone snippets, Bradley puts together the story of one family's fight to bring a man back home. Robert Richardson is serving a 60-year sentence for an attempted bank robbery. If that seems extreme it's because it is. It was Robert's first offense. What's commendable is that Garrett doesn't shy away from the crime. Both Rob and his wife, Sybill "Fox" Richardson admits to the crime, and both served time because of it. However, Fox accepted a plea deal that would free her in a few years. Robert, possibly due to bad information, did not, and thought he'd be receiving a sim...