The Water Will Carry Us Home
2018•7m•Released
AnimationHistoryFantasy
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.
Director
Gabrielle Tesfaye
Writer
Gabrielle Tesfaye
Languages
No Language
Cast
Gabrielle Tesfaye
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