A Moment in the Sun

Release date: 2025-09-05
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Genres: Documentary
As the solar eclipse of 2024 races towards Houlton, Maine - a township of approximately 6,000 people - they must find a way to host 40,000 stargazing strangers the only way they know how: with open arms and open hearts.
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