Synopsis:
An intimate conversation between one’s true self and the body they’ve been given. Based on the poem Letter to My Body, written and read by Joy Ladin.
- Director:
- Elyse Kelly
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Elyse Kelly
- Animator:
- Ala Nunu Leszyńska
- Music composers:
- Brooke Blair, Will Blair
- Sound designer:
- Chris Mastellone
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Poetic, Identity, Mental health, Trauma, Body Image, Spirituality, Hope, Surreal, Transformation
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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