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Agar-Agar (1975)

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Directed by
Ricardo Costa
Country
Portugal
Runtime
25 min

How it feels

This is a short documentary from 1975 about the production of agar-agar, a gelatinous substance made from seaweed. It follows the process of harvesting and processing the seaweed along the Portuguese coast.

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What happens

Agar-agar é um filme documentário de curta-metragem de Ricardo Costa (cineasta), produtor e realizador. Estreou na RTP em Março de 1975 (série Mar Limiar). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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