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Arrow to the sun

United States, 1973
film

A film which uses animation to tell the tale of the Acoma Pueblo Indians about a boy’s search for his father, entailing his voyage on an arrow to the Su..

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Children of the Sun

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Sunpower

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Faces in the sun

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The Nearest star [B&W]

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