Karen Aqua & Ken Field | 4 mins | USA

This animated film reflects on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its environmental impact.  The film was created by 6^th-8th grade students at Sidney Gutierrez Middle School in Roswell, New Mexico, under the direction of animator Karen Aqua and composer Ken Field.  The students used hand-drawn animation techniques (cut-outs and flipbooks), and created all the artwork, sound effects, music, and narration.

PREMIERE STATUS
World Premiere

SCREENING SCHEDULE
2:00 PM     Sun, Oct 17, 2010
NY Hall of Science

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Film by | 6^th-8th Grade Students, Sidney Gutierrez Middle School, Summer Artcamp 2010, Roswell, New Mexico
Under the direction of | Karen Aqua
Created by the following students | Abbey Bell, Anton Dominguez, Andrew Fox, Eli Fox, Julia Hickerson, Gus Liakos, Joseph Martinez, Connor Olguin, Aric Saiz, Ben Yearsley
Produced & sponsored by | Sidney Gutierrez Middle School, Roswell Independent School District

DIRECTOR’S BIO
Karen Aqua has been making animated films since graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1976.  Her award-winning films have screened worldwide, at festivals in Europe, Asia, North/South America, New Zealand, and Australia.  Aqua has taught animation at Boston College and Emerson College, and at workshops and residencies around the US.  She has been a juror for film festivals in Japan, USA, and Canada, and has presented numerous one-person screenings of her work.  Since1990 she has produced/directed/animated 22 segments for “Sesame Street.”