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Detention

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & David Seitz

2017 37 s

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This ultra-short film proves that walls are real and borders are imaginary with an animated critique of long-term detention for minors in immigration centres.

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This ultra-short film proves that walls are real and borders are imaginary with an animated critique of long-term detention for minors in immigration centres.

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Credits

• director
  Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
  
  David Seitz
  
• animation
  David Seitz
  
• photographer
  Sam Javanrouh
  
• sound design
  Menalon
  
• technical co-ordination
  Steve Hallé
  
  Candice Desormeaux
  
• administration
  Victoire-Émilie Bessette
  
  Rosalina Di Sario
  
  Stéphanie Lalonde
  
  Dominique Forget
  
• associate producer
  Jon Montes
  
• producer
  Jelena Popovic
  
  Maral Mohammadian
  
• executive producer
  Michael Fukushima
  

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