01 Jan 2003
Automatic Writing
Charcoal animation, taken from from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image (2003).
One Day at a Time
A charcoal animated documentary about an ex-homeless man, and the changes he has made as a recovering alcoholic.
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