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Carny

Jun 02, 2008 | IMDB 1

75 min Watch Now

Documentary

CARNY is an intimate, gritty and poetic adventure following the lives of 'carnys' - traveling fairground workers whose experiences are outside the normalcy of most North Americans.

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