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Drums Across the Lagoon
Short Film (Full Length) – 1960
19 Sep 2020 - 11.39pm
This is a beautiful film. Life wasn't perfect in the Pacific, but the islanders only needed the medicine of other cultures, not their imported food and stressful way of life.
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