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Webby Nominees. Tomorrow We Disappear: New Delhi's Last Magicians Colony. Atlas Obscura is driven by a community of likeminded people, inspired by curiosity, and imbued with a feeling that the world is undiscovered, full of whimsical, wondrous places. Every once in awhile, in our ongoing pursuit of strange and amazing places, people and stories, we come across something that truly inspires us. One such find is a film entitled Tomorrow We Disappear. Produced by Jim Goldblum, Adam Weber, and Joshua Cogan, Tomorrow We Disappear explores the untold and remarkable story of New Delhi's last magicians' colony. photograph by Joshua Cogan According to the filmmakers, "For hundreds of years roaming artists traveled the Indian countryside, creating the stories, the mythological backbone that would unite a country. Photograph by Joshua Cogan Since then, New Delhi's magicians, puppeteers, and acrobats have called the slum, the Kathputli Colony, their home.

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