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Straight Stories, Part 1
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Straight Stories, Part 1

Jan 1, 2006
0h 10m
★ 5.0

Overview

Somewhere between documentary and fiction, this is an essay on questions of territory and human displacements made during an excursion from southern Spain to northern Morocco. Travelling on the Mediterranean rim, we hear immigrants tell their stories.

Genres

Documentary

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Alexandre Kauffmann

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