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202270 minPGdocumentary

Budding Humans

202270 minPGdocumentary

Children in kindergarten take important steps toward becoming empathetic individuals in this 2022 documentary.

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Children in kindergarten take important steps toward becoming empathetic individuals in this 2022 documentary.

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Gunhild Magnordirector

Gunhild Magnorcast

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The film is about the seemingly small, but extremely important steps children take in kindergarten to become big, empathetic people.

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