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Jul 2024
24m 5s

Knock Knock

KQED and Snap Studios
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In a boarding house in Chicago, a young girl puts her questions to the universe and the answers are returned in coded messages from the other side.

BIG thanks to Connie Shirakawa for sharing her story with us. Connie is a storyteller in Chicago. You can catch some of her performances on her website. https://www.connieshirakawa.com/

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Doug Stuart, artwork by Teo Ducot 

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