Moby Dick: An American Allegory

Name: Moby Dick: An American Allegory
Director: Peta Jenkin
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2023-10-30
Duration: 53 min
Cast: Anne Nelson, Christopher Ohge

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A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.

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Anne Nelson

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Christopher Ohge

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