''Don't'' is a 1974

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American documentary film following the life cycle of the

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, directed by

Robin Lehman Robin Lehman (born Robert Owen Lehman Jr.; December 3, 1936) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his short films '' Don't'' (1974) and '' The End of the Game'' (1975), which received consecutive Academy Awards for Best Documenta ...

. It won an

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at the 47th Academy Awards in 1975 for

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References

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''Don’t: The Metamorphosis of the Monarch Butterfly''
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