How Long, Not Long

How Long, Not Long

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How Long, Not Long

2016

0h 6m

6.0(2 votes)

Animation

Overview

A visual journey that challenges us to think about a universal belonging that doesn’t confine itself to a city, region or national boundary, in an age in which xenophobia, nationalism and intolerance are a daily occurrence.

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Dansk Tegnefilm

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