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Tom Crann
St. Paul, Minn.

Minneapolis neighborhood becomes a movie set

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The set of 'Ana's Playground'
Local filmmaker Eric Howell spent a week in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood shooting the film, 'Ana's Playground.' The film is set in a non-specific, war-torn country and examines the lives of children living and dying in world of armed combat. After filming the finished film will be submitted to film festivals to further raise awareness of the project and the subject.
MPR Photo/Steve Mullis

Local filmmaker Eric Howell spent a week in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood shooting the film, 'Ana's Playground.'

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The set of 'Ana's Playground'
Local filmmaker Eric Howell spent a week in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood shooting the film, 'Ana's Playground.' The film is set in a non-specific, war-torn country and examines the lives of children living and dying in world of armed combat. After filming the finished film will be submitted to film festivals to further raise awareness of the project and the subject.
MPR Photo/Steve Mullis