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The Land of Mournful Songs

1998· 0h 24m

Documentary

Directed by Victor Asliuk

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Overview

Slowed down, blown up and newly scored 1930's footage depicting daily life and religious rituals of villagers from Bryansk Polesia on the border between modern Russia and Belarus.

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