The Legend of the Sky Kingdom
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| The Legend of the Sky Kingdom | |
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| Directed by | Roger Hawkins |
| Produced by | Phil Cunningham Jacqui Cunningham |
| Written by | Phil Cunningham |
| Starring | Jason Linforth Miriam Hamblin Gabriel Phillips Wina Msamati Rodney Newman |
| Music by | Andrew Baird |
| Release date(s) | October 2003 (South Africa) |
| Running time | 73 min |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Language | English |
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The Legend of the Sky Kingdom is a 2003 animated feature film from Zimbabwe - that country's and Africa's first. It was based on a children's book of the same name by Phil Cunningham, who was also the film's producer. It premiered at the Durban International Film Festival in October, 2003. [1]
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The film was animated using stop motion animation. The puppets and all of the sets were built from pieces of junk that the filmmakers found - a necessity of the low budget as well as an artistic choice inspired by Africa's folk artists, who often turn things that others have thrown away into works of art. The filmmakers call this animation style "junkmation".
The filmmakers also spent two years custom-building a motion camera out of bicycle parts because they did not have the money to buy a professional one from the West.
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[edit] External links
- Official website (pop-up blocker must be turned off)
- The Legend of the Sky Kingdom at the Internet Movie Database
- News article
- DVD at Sunrise Media
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