animation

0510 – Rocks in My Pockets (2014)

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Rocks in My Pockets (Latvian: Akmeņi manās kabatās) is a 2014  2D / 3D animated film written, produced, directed and animated by Signe Baumane. It was originally created in English and a Latvian version was thereafter translated and produced. The film is based on true events about five women of the filmmaker’s family, including herself, and their battles with depression and suicide. For the entire film, approximately 30,000 drawings were created.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2961890/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocks_in_My_Pockets

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Excerpt from Examined Life, 2008. (imdb)Layout 1

Slavoj Zizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.

Slavoj Žižek on CBC radio

Political Correctness Is a More Dangerous Form of Totalitarianism

animation

494 – The Breadwinner (2017)

spacetime coordinates: 2001, Taliban-era  AfghanistanDPYOPn6UQAAFWQrThe Breadwinner is a 2017 animated drama film by Cartoon Saloon directed by Nora Twomey and executive produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Angelina Jolie.  Based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis, the film is an international co-production between Canada, Ireland, and Luxembourg,

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3901826/

animation

0483 – Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)

spacetime coordinates:   post-human extinction-era Australia

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is a 2010 American-Australian 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure film based on the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219342/