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Crow

Yoav Segal · UK · Poem / Myth / Experimental / Animation · 5 min · 71K views

Directed by Yoav Segal, Alasdair Beckett-King · Starring Ted Hughes · 2014

Ted Hughes reads from Crow, his savage reworking of the Genesis myth, brought to life through visceral, handmade animation.

Ted Hughes's own voice reading his masterpiece, matched with raw, startling animation.

'Featuring Ted Hughes reading what he considered his career masterpiece, this film tells the visceral story of CROW - a dark reworking of the Genesis story. Music by Leafcutter John. Poetry (c) Faber, FSG.'

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