Project Detail

Bradley Manning Had Secrets

Synopsis

The story of Bradley Manning, not as a Wikileaks ‘hacktivist’, but as a young American soldier simultaneously going through a crisis-of-conscious and a crisis-of-identity.

Animated in a rotoscoped pixel-art style and using dialogue from Bradley’s online conversations, the film explores issues of personal and political secrets, digital identity and alienation.

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins 30 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Adam Butcher
Producer
Adam Butcher
Executive Producer
Animate Projects
Editor
Adam Butcher
Screenwriter
Adam Butcher
Composer
Blair Mowat
Principal cast
Danny Mahoney, Angus Dunican
Animator
Ben Claxton, Adam Butcher

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

Animate Projects

89 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1NL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7407 3946

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