Illuminations Episode 5: Moveable Feasts
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God, we know, is outside space and time. But the need to date one faith’s most sacred feast drove a cutting-edge technological quest to accurately locate ourselves in time.
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Simon Brown
Philipp Nothaft
Robert Poole
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Simon Brown
Maria Devlin McNair
Voice Talent
Blair Hodges
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