27 Jan 2017
The Perfect Selfie
Teenager Olivia Oras has 20,000 Instagram followers. The documentary follows a year of her life.
Karelo-Finnish SSR
Karelo-Finnish SSR
A documentary film about the Karelo-Finnish SSR.
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Леонид Хмара Narrator
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