Clay prison bars can't hold this Oscar-nominated gut-punch.
A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.
Direction
Gratz's signature morphing clay technique at peak form.
Editing
Seamless transformations between guard and prisoner.
Director
Joan C. Gratz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joan C. Gratz won the 1992 Oscar for Best Animated Short with *Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase* before making this.
Gratz developed 'clay painting'—painting directly on animation cels with clay—creating that fluid, disturbing morph effect between authority and vulnerability.
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