The Dirt Inside

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Contains rape, sexual violence

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The Dirt Inside

A slab of clay is wrought, eviscerated and shattered to render an account of date rape with staggering effectiveness

Few methods could be more fitting to explore such a dark subject. A flat slab of muddy clay is scratched and manipulated to set out the story of a date that ends in sexual assault. At first the medium seems delightfully playful, heart-filled eyes and looping hair. But as the events turn darker you realise that this is the rendering of the victim's memory - scratched with a sharp edge and gouged with forceful pressure. The final image is left to desiccate, the life before shattered into tiny pieces.

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16 videos in this collection

Honestly It's the Story of My Life

  • 1990

Mildred

  • 1960

The Dirt Inside

  • 1998

Children of Wax

  • 1988

Pretend You'll Survive

  • 1981

Green Men, Yellow Woman

  • 1973

Two Faces

  • 1968

Slug Life

  • 2018
Worst. Parents. Ever. But a lovely animated tale using cut-out animation designed by Sunniva Kellquist

Little Tom Thumb

  • 1967

Childhood Memories

  • 2018
The animated short on the terrors of nuclear apocalypse that become a sensation when it played on the Ed Sullivan show, leaving middle America highly disturbed.

A Short Vision

  • 1956
An animated tale with a Lutheran message that's equal parts Christmas spirit and good old-fashioned guilt

The Candlemaker

  • 1957
No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain's economics

Robinson Charley

  • 1948
Long before the 'Charley Says' campaign of the 1970s and '80s, another cartoon Charley was used to demystify the newly created NHS.

Your Very Good Health

  • 1948
A cartoon fantasy brings fabric patterns to life in a literal soap opera - yet even here the reality of Home Front life creeps in

Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard

  • 1941
Santa's on strike! This charming animation for the GPO advises early posting to keep Father Christmas onside.

Christmas is Coming

  • 1951
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