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The Above

2015· 0h 8m

Documentary

Directed by Kirsten Johnson

6.3/ 10

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

Overview

A U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul, Afghanistan. Its capacities are both highly classified and deeply mysterious.

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