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Four Shorts on Architecture

Four Shorts on Architecture

1975•31m•9.0/10
Documentary

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9.0/10(1)

A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.

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Production

New Zealand National Film Unit

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Narrator (voice)

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