John and Michael

John and Michael
Directed byShira Avni
Produced byShira Avni
Michael Fukushima
Narrated byBrian Davis
Production
company
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
10 minutes 28 seconds
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] Avni made over 14,000 paintings to create the film. It is narrated by Brian Davis, who is himself intellectually disabled.[2] John and Michael was co-produced by Avni and Michael Fukushima of the National Film Board of Canada.[3]

  1. ^ Krakow, Eve. "Color My World". Concordia University Magazine. Montreal: Concordia University. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  2. ^ Akerman, Beverly (January 15, 2005). "John and Michael". fps magazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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