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Shadows and Lights, Lights and Shadows

Shadows and Lights, Lights and Shadows

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Shadows and Lights, Lights and Shadows

2025

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This is an experimental video with original music and text, made from a film shot by my grandfather Juan Antonio Álvarez Mujica in the 1970s.

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Dana Fanego

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Directed by: Dana Fanego
Written by: Dana Fanego

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