Under the Upturned Moon
Apr 10, 2018 | IMDB 0
85 min Watch NowDocumentary
“Under the Upturned Moon” is a documentary that tells an outstandingly gripping story of two journalists investigating the depths of Islamic community in a country as small and seemingly insignificant as Latvia.
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