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title: 'Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joan Root'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 56
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mysterious-castles-of-clay-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077966/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978)

1978 · 56 min · United States


## Synopsis

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 documentary film about a termite colony filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. The documentary was produced for the television nature documentary series Survival and it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and received a Peabody Award.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joan Root](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-root), [Alan Root](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-root)

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