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Watch Independent Lens - Season 16 Episode 5 Online!:

A nine-year-old child in Burma is spurred to leave his village for the first time in his life when his village gets electricity. He walks for over three days to in search of a seeing his first television.

Release Date: 1999-08-09
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
TMDb: 6.8/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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