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The Water Will Carry Us Home
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The Water Will Carry Us Home

2018-12-31 · 7 min · Not rated

Animation · History · Fantasy

Through living ritual and stop motion animation, this short tells the story of stolen Africans who are thrown off a slave ship whilst sailing through the Middle Passage. Upon falling into the sea, the unimaginable happens when mermaids, who dwell in these waters, save their spirits.

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Gabrielle Tesfaye
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Gabrielle Tesfaye

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