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Exploring the Otherwordly

2022 · 19 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

A young papaya farmer discovers the pure joy of climbing in the crystalline limestone sinkholes of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

Directed by Zachary Barr

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