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Michael

Michael

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In Michael, Bieke Depoorter examines the life and the disappearance of a man she met on the streets of Portland, Oregon, in 2015. Gifted three suitcases of Michael’s personal items, sketchbooks and essays, his subsequent disappearance turns Depoorter detective. Depoorter’s work documents her immersive, perhaps obsessive, quest to find Michael and to understand his life.

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English

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Release Date

30 April 2022

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Bieke Depoorter

Bieke Depoorter

Self - Narrator (voice)

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