Looking Back

Looking Back

Looking Back

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Looking Back

"One girl, one camera, a childhood of memories."

2025

0h 6m

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Filmmaker Erin Hobden travels back to her home town to explore her father's documenting of her childhood.

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Erin Hobden

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Mark Hobden

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Callum Quinn

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Ruben Hobden

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