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Hiko in Tonga: A Culture almost Lost (2019)

ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー

上映時間 : 1時間 2分

演出 : Connie Paprika Leaverton

シノプシス

A multi-generational film of a unique, vanishing culture of Polynesian women jugglers in The Kingdom of Tonga.

出演

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Connie Paprika Leaverton
Connie Paprika Leaverton
Director

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