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The Tale of How

Jannes Hendrikz & Ree Treweek & Markus Smit · South Africa · Fantasy / Musical / Adventure / 3D Animation · 4 min · ♥︎ 2.1K

Directed by Jannes Hendrikz, Ree Treweek, Markus Wormstorm · 2006

On a small island, a flock of dodo-like birds lives in terror of a malcontent octopus that keeps devouring them, in a sung fable bursting with ornate detail.

A dazzlingly detailed, sung animated fable from South Africa's Blackheart Gang that rewards every rewatch.

Telling the story of an island of dodo-like birds terrorized by a malcontent octopus who relentlessly devours them, this work by the South African collective, The Blackheart Gang, is unabashedly fun and yet indescribably

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