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202624 minPGdocumentary

The Red Line

202624 minPGdocumentary

Stockholm's Red Line subway serves as a microcosm of the city's diverse aspirations and challenges, reflecting the lives of its varied passengers.

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Stockholm's Red Line subway serves as a microcosm of the city's diverse aspirations and challenges, reflecting the lives of its varied passengers.

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Mira Campaudirector

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As Stockholm grows and shifts, a single subway line becomes a moving portrait of the city’s hopes, divisions, and quiet rhythms. Along its course, we meet people from different walks of life; each is dreaming of a different future, though none are quite sure how to get there.

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