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Beneath The Surface

Yero Timi-Biu, Jessica Ashman · UK · Drama / Animation · 4 min · 19K views

Directed by Jessica Ashman, Yero Timi-Biu · Starring Babirye Bukilwa, Emma Carryl, Star Eve Tajudeen, Alexander Theo · 2017

Two best friends, Cherelle and Minomi, grow up side by side over 25 years, but the world treats them very differently.

A sharp, compact animation that makes the quiet weight of colourism and everyday microaggressions visible.

Beneath The Surface is an animation about two best friends growing up in the same world but experiencing it completely differently. Over three minutes we observe Cherelle and Minomi’s 25 year relationship, plagued with m

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