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A 96-year-old woman in a Kerala village pursues her lifelong dream of getting an education. Having never gone to school, she must start at the beginning...first grade.
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1947 Β· β 6.3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
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A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like holding hands in public can carry, not only huge personal significance, but also the power to create social change.
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Bill Reid
1979 Β· β 7
Follows Haida artist Bill Reid, from British Columbia. A jeweller and wood carver, he works on a traditional Haida totem pole. We watch the gradual transformation of a bare cedar trunk into a richly carved pole to stand on the shores of the town of Skidegate, in the Queen Charlotte Islands of B.C.
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This short documentary tells the story of Garret Walsh, a twelve-year-old Canadian body-builder.
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