
Impossible Journey
The journey of two storks on an ordinary workday reveals the urgent crisis in maternal health care in the United States. One stork has a relatively safe trip to deliver her baby, while the other faces significant dangers, risking her life; each obstacle serves as a metaphor for various forms of violence or obstetric complications. Throughout her journey, the protagonist visually deconstructs herself, just as she does the idealization of motherhood. A layer of reality begins to take over the screen through experimental manual painting. Upon reaching the maternity ward, the stark difference between the two storks becomes clear: the one who barely survived is the one delivering a Black baby.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Brazil, United States of America
- Genre: Animation, Drama
- Studio: The Youth, COLOSSAL
- Keyword: racial prejudice, real facts, animated painting, animation, frame by frame animation
- Director: YUCA
- Cast: