Black Sheep
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Ongoing1h 17m
Last published Mon, Jul 28, 2014
Mark is an amateur genealogist, obsessed with finding out the details of his great, great, great Grandfathers enigmatic life. Over the course of a long, hot summer, Mark's obsession deepens to such a level that his ancestor's spirit begins to lead him on a journey of redemption, whilst his own life crashes around him, until Mark begins to question what is reality and what could be his own mental collapse.
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