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A Short Film for Laos

Mar 6, 2006

0h 45m

★ 0.0

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Part History Channel, part visual diary, and part mesmerizing abstraction, Allan Sekula’s video, A Short Film for Laos, 2006, takes the measure of day-to-day life in what the narrator describes as “the most bombed place on earth.”…

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Allan Sekula

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A Short Film for Laos

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