Ralph Arlyck is an American documentary filmmaker. He has won many awards for his films and has been shown at film festivals including

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, London, and Cannes. An alumnus of

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, his first major film was ''Sean'', a short film which features the story of four-year-old Sean Farrell growing up in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco in 1969. It received wide acclaim in the United States and Europe for its frank portrayal of the 1960s counterculture. Among its fans was French director

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, whose own film, ''

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'', played alongside ''Sean'' at the Cannes Film Festival. Arlyck revisited Farrell in the 2005 follow-up documentary, ''

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'', which received similar praise at international film festivals. Arlyck's other works include ''An Acquired Taste'', ''Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa'', and ''Current Events''.

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''Sean'' on PBS.org
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