francis pollara

Description

The Buckingham Warrior, a tale inspired by Gary Baseman's father Ben Baseman who survived the holocaust, fighting the Nazi invasion in Ukraine's birch tree forest's for almost 4 years. Baseman and Director David Charles transformed his father's harsh reality into a whimsical story of survival and hope, which was animated by Peter Markowski and scored by South-African duo Die Antwoord. This video was created on the occasion of the exhibition Gary Baseman: The Door Is Always Open, organized by the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. http://www.skirball.org/exhibitions/gary-baseman On view April 25-August 18, 2013 More info: http://garybasemandoc.com CREDITS: A film by KesselsKramer Los Angeles Story and Characters by Gary Baseman Written for the screen and Directed by David Charles Music "Never Le Nkemise1" by Die Antwoord Courtesy of Zef Records Animation Director: Peter Markowski Editor: John Squire Art Director: Melinda Gorham Motion design: Cristiano Trindade Producers: Francis Pollara and Megan Percell Executive Producers: Eric Barrett and Lanette Phillips Like MOCA on Facebook: http://bit.ly/MOCAFacebook Follow MOCA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/MOCATwitter +1 MOCA on Google+: http://bit.ly/MOCAGooglePlus