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1995 · 96m · Documentary
Aruna Har Prasad travels to the inaccessible locations in the Andamans archipelago, to document the last of the world's living aborigines. It portrays the life and time of six tribes, which number less than a thousand and await extinction. Shot on location and 40 days on sea. It was nominated for the 1995 Mumbai International Film Festival.
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