John and Michael (2004)
10m
Running Time
January 1, 2004Release Date
John and Michael (2004)
10m
Running Time
January 1, 2004Release Date
Plot.
A gentle tale of love told in halting words. A film about healing after profound loss. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Animated with clay backlit on glass, the film shimmers like stained glass in motion. Narrator Brian Davis, also intellectually challenged, brings the men alive with great sensitivity. The audience shares in the various emotions that infuse their everyday living. John and Michael, by its artistry, rises above society's traditional ideas around disability, sexuality and death. When the heart is touched, differences melt. Love is what defines humanity.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Brian Davis
Narrator
David Verrall
Executive Producer
Shira Avni
Director
Shira Avni
Director
Michael Fukushima
Producer
Luigi Allemano
Sound Editor
Daniel Littleton
Original Music Composer
Karla Schickele
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 2004
StatusReleased
Running Time10m
Filming LocationsMontreal, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
John and Michael is a 2004 animated short by Shira Avni about two men with Down syndrome who share a loving relationship.
The film was animated with clay backlit on plexiglas, to produce a stained glass effect. Avni made over 14,000 paintings to create the film. It is narrated by Brian Davis, who is himself intellectually disabled. John and Michael was co-produced by Avni and Michael Fukushima of the National Film Board of Canada.