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201687 minPGdocumentary

6.5/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

Sacred

201687 minPGdocumentary

6.5/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

Cultural and religious rituals related to life’s cycles, such as birth, marriage, and aging, are depicted in this 2016 documentary.

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Cultural and religious rituals related to life’s cycles, such as birth, marriage, and aging, are depicted in this 2016 documentary.

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Thomas Lennon

Thomas Lennondirector

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Sacred explores cultural and religious ritual as it relates to life’s cycles: birth, adolescence, marriage, aging and other key passages of life.

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