The River of Life and Death (1941)
• April 1st, 1941 • 0h 10min
Documentary
Overview
The River of Life and Death captures the slow time in the well-known Indian pilgrimage place of Benares, the act of purification by water, the burning funeral pyres, and the dandling snakeheads under the temple stairs.
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