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2014 Festival | North Star

A haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.

06/15/2014 | Expired 03/05/2018 | Rating NR

2014 Festival | North Star

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PBS Short Film Festival

2014 Festival | North Star

6/15/2014 | 4m 37s

A haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.

Using real text from fugitive slave memoirs from the 1830s, “The North Star”, is a haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.

06/15/2014 | Expired 03/05/2018 | Rating NR

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PBS Short Film Festival

2014 Festival | North Star

6/15/2014 | 4m 37s

Using real text from fugitive slave memoirs from the 1830s, “The North Star”, is a haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.

06/15/2014 | Expired 03/05/2018 | Rating NR

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