The Opposites Game
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4m 43s
Leaving January 1
Directed by Lisa LaBracio and Anna Samo | 5 mins | 2019
"What is the opposite of a gun? A classroom erupts into a war of words
as students grapple with this seemingly simple question in Lisa LaBracio
and Anna Samo’s adaptation of Brendan Constantine’s “The Opposites
Game”. Entirely hand-crafted by the two directors, the animation is drawn
in a stop-motion-animated book and traces an escalating conflict, at turns
hilarious and deadly serious, coursing an answer being both sought and
avoided."
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