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Lotte Reiniger: The animation genius you've probably never heard of

BBC Ideas · UK · Documentary / Animation · 3 min · 66K views

Directed by Anna Humphries · 2018

A brief animated introduction to Lotte Reiniger, the overlooked pioneer of silhouette animation and early cinema.

Three minutes to meet the forgotten woman who shaped animation before Disney.

We’ve all heard of Walt Disney. But what about Lotte Reiniger? Meet the unsung heroine of early animation.

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