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A Story, a story

Czechoslovakia and United States, 1973
film

Nyame, the Sky God, demands a high price in exchange for his treasure. How Ananse paid the price is told in narration and woodcuts capturing the flavour of Af..

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Anansi the spider: a tale from the Ashanti

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The Sky is blue

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How death came to earth

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The Night is sinister

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The Man, the snake and the fox

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The Stonecutter

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A Sufi tale

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Stories from the Seventh Fire

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The Cow tail switch: A folktale of Africa

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Journey from Etsa

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The Legend of Byamee

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Stories Without Words

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The Greatest story untold

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The North wind and the sun: an Aesop fable

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Jim Henson's the storyteller. Vol. 1

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The Same old story

Canada, 1981
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