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202621 minGdocumentary

Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame

202621 minGdocumentary

At 63, music video director Samuel Bayer travels to Ukraine to create a film about the soldiers of the Cultural Forces, transforming his worldview.

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At 63, music video director Samuel Bayer travels to Ukraine to create a film about the soldiers of the Cultural Forces, transforming his worldview.

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Dmytro Hreshko

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Alex Malyshenkowriter

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At 63, Samuel Bayer, the music video director for Nirvana and David Bowie, has seen almost everything. But a chance meeting with the soldiers of the Cultural Forces proves to be a true awakening. Facing his fears head-on, he travels to Ukraine to make a film about the people he has just met. What was planned as a standard documentary shoot will forever transform Bayer's perspective on the world.

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