America The Beautiful
The latest animated short from director John Cannizzaro
(“50 Feet That Shook The World” 2004) is a dark satire of the history
of the United States of America….in under 8 minutes.
Festivals and Awards
Global Super 8 Day – Amsterdam – May 2005
43rd Ann Arbor Film Fest
Ann Arbor Film Fest TV Program – Detroit, MI Television
38th Humboldt International Short Film Fest - CA “People’s Choice Award”
21st International Kurz Film Festival – Hamburg, Germany
The Bearded Child Film Festival – NC
32nd Athens International Film & Video Festival
35th 1 Reel Film Fest – Bumbershoot Arts – Seattle, WA
Flicker Los Angeles – CA
Berkeley Video & Film Festival – CA “Best of Fest – Animation”
Technical Info
Animation team
Nick Schuler
Johan Tang
Vicki Cannizzaro
Sara Birch
Randall Leighton
John Cannizzaro
Jessica Bernstein
Steve Dier
Sound V.O./mix
Joe Cannizzaro
Online Editor
Melody Kellis
Year of production: 2005
Original production format: Super 8mm film
Finished (screening) format: Beta SP or NTSC-VHS, Digi-Beta, DVD
Color
Sound (mono)
7.5 minutes