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A work by Zoe Beloff
All film footage from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection
and the private collection of Zoe Beloff.
This work is dedicated to my father, the parapsychologist, John Beloff (1920-2006)
Text adapted and inspired by the listed sources (See Texts Cited)
Director, Photographer
Zoe Beloff
Produced By
Yazan Sboul
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