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20063 minPGdocumentary

The Small Ones

20063 minPGdocumentary

During World War II, the U.S. Army employed Sandor Lenard to reconstruct the remains of American soldiers, juxtaposed with abstract battle imagery and children at a birthday party.

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During World War II, the U.S. Army employed Sandor Lenard to reconstruct the remains of American soldiers, juxtaposed with abstract battle imagery and children at a birthday party.

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Lynne Sachs

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During World War II, the United States Army hired Lynne Sachs’ cousin, Sandor Lenard, to reconstruct the bones, small and large, of dead American soldiers. This short anti-war cine-poem is composed of highly abstracted battle imagery and children at a birthday party.

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