LITTLE FIEL

LITTLE FIEL

17 min

Little Fiel is a short documentary with stop motion animation about unending civil war. It is based on childhood memories of a renowned Mozambican artist Fiel dos Santos who grew up during the 16-year civil war – another proxy war sustained by conflicting foreign powers. Fiel created eight figures representing his father, mother, five brothers and sister from decommissioned AK-47s. Three New York artists turned them into puppets and animated. Little Fiel tells a universal story of peaceful people who have been coerced, conscripted and enticed into killing each other. It is our desperate act of hope.

 

Director: Irina Patkanian
Producer: Irina Patkanian
Cinematographer: Gus Ford, Chris Langer (Animator)
Editor: Irina Patkanian
Music: Adam Silverman
Language: English, Portuguese
Country: Mozambique, USA
Year: 2017

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