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Two men on a boat floating on a still lake. Photo is in grey scale. This is a photo from Indus Echoes, a film shot in Sindh, Pakistan.
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Barrah Kunaan
The first Sindhi film released in Pakistan in 28 years reflects the decay of the Indus River and the stagnation of Sindh today
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