Synopsis:
A town on the borderlands of Texas. A place out of time. A desert where strange lights dance in the night sky.
- Director:
- The Brothers McLeod, Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media, Stop Motion Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- The Brothers McLeod, Greg McLeod
- Animator:
- Greg McLeod
- Script writer:
- Myles McLeod
- Music composers:
- Tom Angell, Adam Cross, Chris Catalena and the Native Americans, Christian Bland and the Revelators, Barolo, Chris Cataleana and the Native Americans
- Sound designer:
- Tom Angell
- Editor:
- Kiera Baxter
- Productions:
- The Brothers McLeod, The Brothers McLeod Limited
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- Genres:
- Documentary, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Identity, Animals, Humor, Poetic, Slow, Minimalist
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Sundance Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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