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Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive mother, and the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 77GoodWatch 69
IMDb7.7
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9692Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 49 more
Released
2020
April 22, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 2
- Nick Brandestini Director, Editor
- Taylor Segrest Co-Director, Writer
Production · 1
- Vesna Eckert Producer
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