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The Iron Ministry

6.620141h 22mMovieDocumentary

Filmed over three years on China’s railways, The Iron Ministry traces the vast interiors of a country on the move: flesh and metal, clangs and squeals, light and dark, and language and gesture. Scores of rail journeys come together into…

DirectorJ.P. Sniadecki

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The Iron Ministry is streaming on DocAlliance Films in United Kingdom. It's not currently on Netflix.

Is The Iron Ministry on Netflix?

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