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Tripura and Om met almost twenty years ago , and for the first year of their relationship, they didn't speak a word to each other . This was no lightweight experience. Om was a monk and had taken a vow of silence. Producer Joan Schuman interweaves their stories into this sound-text portrait of silence.
Producer: Joan Schuman
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