Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
The Steve Laube Agency
Helping to Change the World Word by Word
A tender animated short film (4 minutes). Watch it all the way through. You’ll be glad you did.
This short film, by film student Jacob Frey, just finished a circuit of 180 film festivals where it won 50 different awards. Now that you’ve watched the film you can see the short web-comic it was based on. (click here)
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