Our Alexandria

Name: Our Alexandria
Director: Robin N. Hamilton
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-03-08
Duration: 17 min

202017m

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Documentary

Two artists from Alexandria, Virginia, revisit the town’s segregated past and tell the story of family, friendship, loss, and love through historical dollhouses.

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