Documentary Animation: Colby Buzzell’s Iraq Ambush Story

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Not seeing the embedded video? See it online.As an Army Specialist in Iraq, Colby Buzzell blogged about his daily experiences at war. His writing was so powerful, and his stories so captivating, that his work was subsequently published in a book entitled My War: Killing Time in Iraq. PBS's Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Expierience included one of Buzzell's stories in the form of this remarkable animation entitled Men in Black. Buzzell's blog, with posts dating back to June 2004, is still online. Link via The Paul Harris Show's Harris Online blog.

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Laith Bahrani’s “Everloving” Trailer

Laith Bahrani's new trailer is a beautiful sneak peek into his upcoming animated music video set to Moby's "Everloving". The animation tells a poignant story of a firefly and a prisoner who explore a world together, ultimately drawing upon raw human emotion. Torchlight Gallery is a collection of Laith's illustrations made in 2006 leading to the development of this project.

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MediaStorm Publishes Low Morale: Creep and The Party

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Low Morale: Creep by Laith Bahrani Low Morale: Creep is a music video of Radiohead's 'Creep' song. The animation is a cathartic opus that aims to express the despair caused by a soul-destroying job and the pain of a broken relationship. Warning: may cause depression. The Party by Eric Maierson In The Party, a middle-aged man tries to share his sadness with an adolescent woman - a colleague's daughter - that he's just met at a company party. A short, fictional film about honesty and everything that gets in the way, written and directed by Eric Maierson.

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