'The Veiled Commodity' Animated Short Deals With Powerful Subject Matter

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'The Veiled Commodity' Animated Short Deals With Powerful Subject Matter

BY Jawbone.tv News | August 13, 2009

(Source: TheVeiledCommodity.com) "Written and directed by Dickson Chow and Vinh Chung, 'The Veiled Commodity ' is a short film that deals with slavery's past and present day issues. The film employs various design and animation techniques to tell a concise history of slavery and the problems of its present day counterpart; the trafficking and victimization of people around the world. This is only the first part of a three part series. The other parts deals with sexual slavery and child soldiers will be going into production soon. Stay tuned!"

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