
Thine Own Self(2021)
To Thine Own Self Be True
Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.
Movie: Thine Own Self

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Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.
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2021-05-15
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5.0 startsTagline
To Thine Own Self Be True
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