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Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening
Duration: 0 h 18 m | 2011
A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney, starring Pauline Burton as Anna. The film is an introduction to the great Soviet era modernist poet, Anna Akhmatova; shot in winter in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), it contains rare interviews with people who knew her, academics, and dramatized readings of some of her poems.
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Khelmtsipe
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War of Words: Battle Rap in the UK
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Stalin: Inside the Terror
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Stalin: Inside the Terror
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Poetes catalans
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Garry Kasparov, rebelle sur l'échiquier
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Text Messages from the Universe
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Mira el silencio
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Wè
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Hart Crane: An Exegesis
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Hart Crane: An Exegesis
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The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby
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A Farra do Circo
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A Farra do Circo
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