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The Knock at the door

Australia, APR 2011
film

War has followed Helen all her life. As a young girl, she wrote letters to her brothers overseas and she had feared losing her husband in the Vietnam war. Tha..

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My brother Tom

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War, tears and memories

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The Traveller

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Uncovering bones

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Coming home

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Sounds of silence

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Two lives

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