Life in transformation
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
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Grave, prestige, contemplative and epic.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Christie Brinkley(archive footage)
- David Brinkley(archive footage)
- Patrick DisantoSelf
- Pope John Paul II(archive footage)
- Dan Rather(archive footage)
- Cheryl Tiegs(archive footage)
Crew
- Godfrey ReggioDirector
- Godfrey ReggioWriter
- Ken RichardsWriter
- Graham BerryDirector of Photography
- Leonidas ZourdoumisDirector of Photography
- Iris CahanEditor
- Alton WalpoleEditor
- Lawrence TaubProducer
- Godfrey ReggioProducer
- Mel LawrenceProducer
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