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The Hummingbird Wars

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The Hummingbird Wars

2014

0h 10m

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Seeking and grasping at what is hidden from our eyes. Haunting moments of surrealism that extract us from the everyday into a realm of magic and music.

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Directed by: Janie Geiser

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