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The Magic Lion
20046 min 52 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Charles Githinji
Production: George JohnsonSvend-Erik EriksenRina Fraticelli
The Magic Lion is a short animated film about an African boy who goes on a quest to save the life of his gravely ill grandfather. He is in search of a mysterious village where there are healers who can make a special medicine. On the way he encounters a strange lion, caught in a trap, a lion that takes him on an adventure.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black Community
- Animals > Stories
Credits
- director
- Charles Githinji
- producer
- George Johnson
- executive producer
- Svend-Erik Eriksen
- Rina Fraticelli
- voice
- Michael Dobson
- Comfort Adesuwa Ero
- composer
- Celso Muchado
- musician
- Celso Muchado
- music recording
- Sidney Perez
- editor
- Ian Roe
- sound design
- Alex MacFarlane
- editing services
- Ear-Shot Productions
- sound services
- Ear-Shot Productions
- creative consultant
- Joy Russell
- research
- Joy Russell
- consultant - animation
- Claire Maxwell
- consultant - technical
- Rubén Möller
- consultant - content
- Reg Denis
- production supervisor
- Kathryn Lynch
- program administrator
- Bruce Hagerman