TWO TRUTHS

AND A LIE

 

 

After receiving a name from its grandmother, a baby is faced with the prospects of knowledge, love and death in a game of two truths and a lie. Over a 20 year timeline, the baby journeys across the globe, giving away three aspects of itself to three others.

Total runtime: 20 minutes 30 seconds

 

 

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Written and Animated by Yifan Jiang and James J.A. Mercer Sound by James J.A. Mercer Selected Drawings by Stipan Tadic Produced by "The Parents"

Voice: Baby - Yifan Jiang Grandmother - Fontaine Capel Cab driver - Clare Koury Weatherman - James J.A. Mercer Grandfather - Eric Brittain

 

Past Screenings:
"Vacation", Roswell Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
"Edge of Frame: States of Emergency​", London International Animation Festival, Barbican, London
"Commiserate Chicago", University of Chicago MADD Center, Chicago, Illinois
"The Magic Floot 3", Tomato Mouse, Brooklyn, New York

 

 

2019

 

To screen Two Truths and a Lie, please contact
James J.A. Mercer at jjjjjamesmercer at gmail dot com