ANCESTORS
LAWRENCE JORDAN
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3m 16s
ANCESTORS relates spiritual forefathers and foremothers in a purely fanciful sense. These are classical figures, anatomical figures, fairy tale figures and romantic figures all thrown in together, all from Lawrence Jordan's creative root-sources, in a kind of playful tribute. Like the second part DUO CONCERTANTES, it is a moving single picture, now doubled.
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