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La La Land wins big at BAFTAs

By AlJazeera
13 February 2017   |   8:53 am
The musical La La Land has won top prizes at the British Academy of Film Awards. The BAFTAs, which come ahead of the Oscars, are seen as a pre-cursor to the Academy Awards.

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