Shantelle Jennings was a child when photographer Larry Clark captured iconic images of her father, Billy Mann, toting guns and shooting drugs for his book, Tulsa. As a result of Mann's lifestyle, Jennings never got to know her father. She recently began searching for who Billy Mann was before the guns and drugs. Listen as she tells the story behind the photographs.
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Shantelle Jennings was a child when photographer Larry Clark captured iconic images of her father, Billy Mann, toting guns and shooting drugs for his book, Tulsa. As a result of Mann's lifestyle, Jennings never got to know her father. She recently began searching for who Billy Mann was before the guns and drugs. Listen as she tells the story behind the photographs.
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