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18 Ius Soli: Il diritto di essere italiani
directed by Fred Kuowrnu, fl. 2003; produced by Struggle Filmworks (Rome, Lazio: Privately Published, 2012), 53 mins
18 Ius Soli (the right of soil) is a 2012 award-winning grassroots Italian documentary about the issues of the citizenship for 1,000,000 of kids born in Italy. Officially selected at Black Berlin International Cinema. This documentary “examines” the law that denies citizenship to young people born in Italy of...
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directed by Fred Kuowrnu, fl. 2003; produced by Struggle Filmworks (Rome, Lazio: Privately Published, 2012), 53 mins
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18 Ius Soli (the right of soil) is a 2012 award-winning grassroots Italian documentary about the issues of the citizenship for 1,000,000 of kids born in Italy. Officially selected at Black Berlin International Cinema. This documentary “examines” the law that denies citizenship to young people born in Italy of immigrant parents, because they have no Italian blood. It follows 18 stories of girls and boys born and raised in Italy whose parents a...
18 Ius Soli (the right of soil) is a 2012 award-winning grassroots Italian documentary about the issues of the citizenship for 1,000,000 of kids born in Italy. Officially selected at Black Berlin International Cinema. This documentary “examines” the law that denies citizenship to young people born in Italy of immigrant parents, because they have no Italian blood. It follows 18 stories of girls and boys born and raised in Italy whose parents are originally from African, Asian, and South American countries who moved to and have long-lived in different areas of Italy. They are children of immigrants: go to school in Italy, speak the language and dialects, have never even been to the countries that their parents are from, nor do they speak their parents’ language. Yet they are not recognized Italian citizens. To obtain the Italian citizenship, they have to go through a lengthy and complicated application process and can only do so after they’ve turned 18 years old – a process that doesn’t always end positively for the applicant, resulting in serious and unavoidable problems of social inclusion and identity. There are presently 1,000,000 of young people who were born in Italy, speak Italian fluently, have studied in Italian schools and have lived in Italy all their lives, yet, they are not entitles to Italian citizenship. It is a reality lived by Italian soccer champion Mario Balotelli and countless others.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Struggle Filmworks
Author / Creator
Fred Kuowrnu, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Race discrimination, Law, Sociology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2012 Struggle Filmworks
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50 Children
directed by Steven Pressman, 1955-; produced by Steven Pressman, 1955-, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and HBO (Los Angeles, CA: Seventh Art Releasing, 2013), 1 hour 4 mins
Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus never intended to become heroes. But in early 1939, as conditions were worsening for Jews living inside Nazi Germany, the Philadelphia couple embarked on a risky and improbable mission – an effort to rescue 50 Jewish children and bring them to safety in the United States. The couple fac...
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directed by Steven Pressman, 1955-; produced by Steven Pressman, 1955-, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and HBO (Los Angeles, CA: Seventh Art Releasing, 2013), 1 hour 4 mins
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Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus never intended to become heroes. But in early 1939, as conditions were worsening for Jews living inside Nazi Germany, the Philadelphia couple embarked on a risky and improbable mission – an effort to rescue 50 Jewish children and bring them to safety in the United States. The couple faced imposing obstacles. The United States government, not to mention a vast majority of the American public, was largely indifferent to...
Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus never intended to become heroes. But in early 1939, as conditions were worsening for Jews living inside Nazi Germany, the Philadelphia couple embarked on a risky and improbable mission – an effort to rescue 50 Jewish children and bring them to safety in the United States. The couple faced imposing obstacles. The United States government, not to mention a vast majority of the American public, was largely indifferent to the plight of Jewish refugees seeking to escape from Adolf Hitler’s increasing persecution. America’s rigid immigration laws also made it nearly impossible to bring refugees – even children – into this country. The Krauses, who were Jewish, also had to face the risks of traveling into Nazi Germany and dealing with the Gestapo and other Nazi officials in their effort to carry out their bold rescue plan.In the spring of 1939, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus sailed for Europe and into the heart of darkness. 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus for the first time tells the incredible story of an American couple who, against all odds, brought the single largest group of children during the Holocaust out of Nazi Germany and into the United States. In doing so, they transformed themselves from an ordinary couple into extraordinary heroes.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Steven Pressman, 1955-, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, HBO, Alan Alda, 1936-, Mamie Gummer, 1983-
Author / Creator
Steven Pressman, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Seventh Art Releasing
Speaker / Narrator
Alan Alda, 1936-, Mamie Gummer, 1983-
Person Discussed
Eleanor Kraus, 1903-1989, Gilbert Krauss, 1918-1975
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Antisemitism, Hate groups, Refugees, Jewish people, World War II, 1939-1945, History, Borders and Identity, Germans, Americans, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2013 Seventh Art Releasing
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100% Asphalt
directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2009), 26 mins
"100% Asphalt" is about a street that tells its own story. A street that shelters more than 200 million children with only asphalt, noise and rage for a home. “100% Asphalt” is a film from the heart, shot on the streets in the heart of the city, and revealing unspeakable truths. 26 minutes of testimonies from...
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directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2009), 26 mins
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"100% Asphalt" is about a street that tells its own story. A street that shelters more than 200 million children with only asphalt, noise and rage for a home. “100% Asphalt” is a film from the heart, shot on the streets in the heart of the city, and revealing unspeakable truths. 26 minutes of testimonies from abandoned children, left to their misery and destitution, and surviving on violence and drugs.
Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Forward Film Productions, Najwa Kassem, fl. 1993
Author / Creator
Carol Mansour, 1961-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Forward Film Productions
Speaker / Narrator
Najwa Kassem, fl. 1993
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Illegal drugs, Children, Anthropology, Lebanese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2002 Forward Film Production
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100 Years of Silence: The Germans in Namibia
directed by Halfdan Muurholm and Casper Erichsen; produced by Halfdan Muurholm (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 1 hour 8 mins
One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quar...
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directed by Halfdan Muurholm and Casper Erichsen; produced by Halfdan Muurholm (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 1 hour 8 mins
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One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quarters of the entire Herero nation had perished at the hands of German colonialists. The Nazis used the experiences from the German conce...
One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quarters of the entire Herero nation had perished at the hands of German colonialists. The Nazis used the experiences from the German concentration camps in Namibia as well as their experiments in "racial science" when they formulated the Final Solution during World War II a few decades later. Today the Hereros claim billions of euros from the German government in repatriation for the genocide. The experience of one family is described by a descendant, a 23-year-old Herero woman named Georgina. She has a fair complexion and a green tinge to her eyes. Georgina is aware of the fact that her great-grandmother was raped by a German soldier and now wants to confront the demons of her own genetic past. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Halfdan Muurholm
Author / Creator
Halfdan Muurholm, Casper Erichsen
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Herero and Namaqua Genocide (Namibia) (1904-1907), History curriculums, Ethnic cleansing, Internment camps, Genocide, Imperialism, Herero and Namaqua Genocide, Namibia, 1904-1907, History, Documentation of Crimes, Humanities, Germans, Herero
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Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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731: Two Versions of Hell
produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives t...
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produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
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This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. Th...
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James T. Hong
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World H...
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Adam Clayton Powell
directed by Richard Kilberg (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 1 hour 5 mins
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil...
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directed by Richard Kilberg (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 1 hour 5 mins
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This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harl...
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harlem of the Depression 30s. As minister of Harlem's Abysinnian Baptist Church, Powell used his charismatic power in the battle for equal employment. Once in Congress, he fought persistently to deny federal funding to segregated facilities. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson he was instrumental in passing much of the social legislation known as "The Great Society." At the peak of his power, he was the most influential black man in America. Yet his meteoric rise to power ended in an abrupt fall as financial indiscretions and personal excesses caught up with him. The film pulls together facts, remembrances and opinions into a compelling narrative. Heard from are Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, writer Roger Wilkins, Professor John Henry Clarke, and family members. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Biography
Author / Creator
Richard Kilberg
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 1908-1972
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Race and culture, Political influence, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Politics & Policy, History, Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1989. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope
directed by Dawn Engle, 1957-; produced by Elizabeth Parmly Weber, 1970-, Jacque Gellein, fl. 2013, Rip Gellein, fl. 2013 and Ivan Suvanjieff, fl. 2003, PeaceJam (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2015), 1 hour 17 mins
“Adolfo Perez Esquivel: RIVERS OF HOPE” is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years as seen through the eyes of one man. Nobel Peace Prize winner Esquivel shares his journey illustrating the ongoing struggle for social justice across Latin America.
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directed by Dawn Engle, 1957-; produced by Elizabeth Parmly Weber, 1970-, Jacque Gellein, fl. 2013, Rip Gellein, fl. 2013 and Ivan Suvanjieff, fl. 2003, PeaceJam (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2015), 1 hour 17 mins
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“Adolfo Perez Esquivel: RIVERS OF HOPE” is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years as seen through the eyes of one man. Nobel Peace Prize winner Esquivel shares his journey illustrating the ongoing struggle for social justice across Latin America.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Elizabeth Parmly Weber, 1970-, Jacque Gellein, fl. 2013, Rip Gellein, fl. 2013, Ivan Suvanjieff, fl. 2003, PeaceJam, Beverly Keene, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Dawn Engle, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Speaker / Narrator
Beverly Keene, fl. 2005
Person Discussed
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, 1931-
Topic / Theme
Argentine Revolution, 1966-1973, Social activism and activists, The Arts, Sociology, Argentines, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2015 Dawn Engle
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After Solidarity: Three Polish Families in America
directed by Gaylen Ross, 1950-; produced by Gaylen Ross, 1950- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 59 mins
This documentary, directed by Gaylen Ross, tells the story of three Polish families who were forced to immigrate to the United States after being kicked out of the Solidarity party in Poland.
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directed by Gaylen Ross, 1950-; produced by Gaylen Ross, 1950- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 59 mins
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This documentary, directed by Gaylen Ross, tells the story of three Polish families who were forced to immigrate to the United States after being kicked out of the Solidarity party in Poland.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gaylen Ross, 1950-
Author / Creator
Gaylen Ross, 1950-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Solidarnosc, 1980, Social movements, Immigration and emigration, History, Politics & Policy, Polish, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permssion of Filmakers Library.
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Against the Tide
directed by Nathalie Loubeyre, fl. 1999; produced by Laurent Alary, fl. 2013 and Éric Jarno, fl. 2013, Pays des Miroirs Productions and Tell Me Films (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2014), 52 mins
Since the mid-1990s, more than 20,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean in their attempt to reach Europe. This film shares the extraordinary action taken by activists from Africa and Europe: raising awareness, mobilizing public opinion, and continuing the struggle for the rights of boat-people.
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directed by Nathalie Loubeyre, fl. 1999; produced by Laurent Alary, fl. 2013 and Éric Jarno, fl. 2013, Pays des Miroirs Productions and Tell Me Films (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2014), 52 mins
Description
Since the mid-1990s, more than 20,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean in their attempt to reach Europe. This film shares the extraordinary action taken by activists from Africa and Europe: raising awareness, mobilizing public opinion, and continuing the struggle for the rights of boat-people.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Laurent Alary, fl. 2013, Éric Jarno, fl. 2013, Pays des Miroirs Productions, Tell Me Films
Author / Creator
Nathalie Loubeyre, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
2013, 2014
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Topic / Theme
Sea Migrations, Politics & Policy, Sociology, Europeans, Africans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2013 Music Video Distributors
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Aleppo's Fall
directed by Nizam Najjar, 1980-; produced by Henrik Underbjerg, 1964-, Stray Dog Productions, Fenris Film and Yuzu Productions (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): DR Sales, 2017), 52 mins
When the Arab Spring reached Syria in 2011, Nizam Najjar, a Syrian now living in Norway, thought the rebels would quickly oust President Bashar al-Assad. But the peaceful protests were brutally suppressed, and the once united rebel movement fell apart. Najjar returns to Syria to investigate why the rebels are fail...
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directed by Nizam Najjar, 1980-; produced by Henrik Underbjerg, 1964-, Stray Dog Productions, Fenris Film and Yuzu Productions (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): DR Sales, 2017), 52 mins
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When the Arab Spring reached Syria in 2011, Nizam Najjar, a Syrian now living in Norway, thought the rebels would quickly oust President Bashar al-Assad. But the peaceful protests were brutally suppressed, and the once united rebel movement fell apart. Najjar returns to Syria to investigate why the rebels are failing in Aleppo, the city of his birth. Embedded with the rebels and a local cameraman, he risks his life on the front. In the heat of ba...
When the Arab Spring reached Syria in 2011, Nizam Najjar, a Syrian now living in Norway, thought the rebels would quickly oust President Bashar al-Assad. But the peaceful protests were brutally suppressed, and the once united rebel movement fell apart. Najjar returns to Syria to investigate why the rebels are failing in Aleppo, the city of his birth. Embedded with the rebels and a local cameraman, he risks his life on the front. In the heat of battle, he discovers how danger comes not only from the outside, but also from within, as two rebel leaders operate opposing strategies. In meetings, during a ceasefire, at a party and in the midst of fighting, it becomes only too apparent that there's no brotherhood among the rebels. How can such a divided group defeat a leader who appears to be able to draw on inexhaustible resources from outside the country?
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henrik Underbjerg, 1964-, Stray Dog Productions, Fenris Film, Yuzu Productions
Author / Creator
Nizam Najjar, 1980-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
DR Sales
Person Discussed
Bashar al-Assad, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Political causes, Syrians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 DR Sales
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