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Produced by: Dustin Grella | Animation | 2011 | USA | 7:20
Prayers For Peace is a stop-motion animation confronting the memory of the filmmaker's younger brother, who was killed in the current conflict in Iraq. Drawn entirely with pastels on a slate chalkboard, the materials used to create the animation become a metaphor for the impermanence of life.
