The Smell of Burning Ants

The Smell of Burning Ants

5.8

Mar 15 1994

0h 21m

Documentary

A haunting documentary on the pains of growing up male. It explores the inner and outer cruelties that boys perpetrate and endure. The film provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness.

Richard J. Silberg

Richard J. Silberg

Narrator

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