Multimedia | 10.20.2011

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“Foreign Parts”: A Clip from the Film

Go behind the scenes at a junkyard with this exclusive video clip.

From The November-December 2011 Issue

Below, a clip from Foreign Parts, a 2010 documentary that provides an intimate look at the backstage work of a junkyard and doubles as an exploration of the society itself, in both its vitality and its cruelties. The film, covered in the Montage section of Harvard Magazine’s November-December issue, is co-directed by anthropologists Véréna Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki, both fellows of the Harvard Film Study Center.

Published in the print edition of the November-December 2011 issue, in the section, under the headline, ““Foreign Parts”: A Clip from the Film ”.

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