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Two Eastern Hair Lines (2004)

Two Eastern Hair Lines poster
Directed by
Steven Woloshen
Country
Canada

How it feels

This is a short animated film made by chemically altering found footage. It shows people separated by frames or blocks to illustrate problems with communication.

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What happens

Two Eastern Hair Lines is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Steven Woloshen and released in 2004. Made by applying bleaching and painting techniques to found footage, the film illustrates themes of communication difficulties between people by framing, blocking or highlighting individuals in the scenes to divide them from other people. It was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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