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Paper Words
A 3D-animated short about a bright, five year old from China who uses her imagination to cope with her new life in America.
- Series
- Global Voices
- Premiere Date
- October 3, 2010
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
- Series and Special Projects
Producer/Director
Joyce Lee
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The Film
A bright and happy child, five-year-old Mai is newly arrived from China and placed in a kindergarten classroom in a small, Midwestern town. Beautifully rendered in 3-D animation, Paper Words follows Mai as she engages her imagination to keep her company in a strange new world.
