Bravo!FACT Shorts by Province : Leonard, Light My Cigarette
Artists: Tony Babinski, Pierro Hirsch, Carole Anne Desserault
Director: Jacob Potashnik
Producer: Tony Babinski
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- Leonard, Light My Cigarette
- An ode to icon Leonard Cohen, using religious icons to deal with the effects of the past on the present.
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