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Angels Are Made of Light

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Directed by James Longley
Produced by James Longley
Cinematography: James Longley
Editing: Janus Billeskov Jansen, James Longley, and Waltteri Vanhanen
Music: John Erik Kaada
Runtime: 117 min
Release Date: 24 July 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
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Longley works on immersive, multi-perspective canvases with deliberately paced rhythms that may fail to engage less patient viewers, but this vivid portrait of students and teachers in war-torn Kabul imparts nuance and insights impossible to find in traditional coverage.