16 Dec 1993
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
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Music of Yarsan: A Living Tradition
The educational documentary film Music of Yarsan: A Living Tradition is an investigation into the variety of muscial practices in the life of the Kurdish Ahl-e Haqq people of the Guran region, in the Kermanshah province of Iran.
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