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Round Eyes In The Middle Kingdom (1996)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 51M

Director : Ronald Levaco

Synopsis

Filmmaker Ronald Levaco, journeys back to China, the nation of his boyhood days, to discover what became of an old friend of his family, Israel Epstein.

Actors

Crews

Ronald Levaco
Ronald Levaco
Director
Todd Boekelheide
Todd Boekelheide
Music
Jennifer Chinlund
Jennifer Chinlund
Editor

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