Top Priority (1981)

Directed by

Ishu Patel

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

9 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles to get water for their farm in an impoverished country. The government chooses to fund a war instead of helping its own people.

poignantsomberstarkurgentfrustratingquietly devastatingstraightforward

What happens

Top Priority is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Ishu Patel and released in 1981. Adapted from a short story by South African writer Enver Carim, the film centres on a family in an impoverished country who are in desperate need of water to irrigate their farmland, only to discover that the government prioritizes war with a neighbouring country over the welfare of its own citizens. The film's voice cast includes Walter Massey, Vlasta Vrana, Maureen Hill and Paula Mazzone. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• A War Story (1981)
• A Choice of Two (1981)
• Silence of the North (1981)
• Yesterday (1981)
• The Wars (1983)
• Gas (1981)
• Happy Memories (1981)
• Piwi (1981)