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A Boy I Never Knew
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A Boy I Never Knew

2021-06-14 · 4 min · Not rated

Animation · Drama

Structured as a series of vignettes drawn in stark black and white, and to a soundtrack of mournful jazz, the film is a set of confessions anchored in fear, confusion, numbness, and anxiety.

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Daria Dedok
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