

Joanne & Jacob(2015)
A short, poetic documentary of an old woman and the loneliness that surrounds her after her husband was sent to a nursing home.
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A short, poetic documentary of an old woman and the loneliness that surrounds her after her husband was sent to a nursing home.
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2015-10-23
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