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201974 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Land Without God

201974 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A family confronts the lasting effects of decades of institutional abuse on their lives in this intimate portrait.

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Maedhbh McMahon,

Lotta Petronella,

Gerard Mannix Flynn

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A family confronts the lasting effects of decades of institutional abuse on their lives in this intimate portrait.

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Maedhbh McMahondirector

Lotta Petronelladirector

Gerard Mannix Flynndirector

Gerard Mannix Flynnwriter

Gerard Mannix Flynncast

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An intimate portrait of a family coming to terms with decades of institutional abuse and the impact it has had and is still having on their lives.

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