One of the short films we watched that stood out to me was Small Hands. I don't exactly know if it'll count as a film but even though we watched it one of the first few weeks of class and the animation and song still affects me. It was such a simple concept but I believe it was animated with so much power that it could impact anyone, especially those who'd been through a loss. This film, I believe, works for two readings we discussed in class. (Probably more but I only recall two right now). I think it ties in strongly to what we discussed about the church being reluctant to expose children to certain things. I don't know if Small Hands was geared towards children but I believe it should be. It expressed the pain of loosing a loved one without trying to throw answers, without trying to stop grief. I believe grief is probably one of the most difficult experiences children can go through and honest animation like this can be an avenue for them to express or explore grief. Also it wasn't a CGI, perfect duplicate of the real world but a simple stop motion short...although I don't know if 'simple' and 'stop motion' should ever be put in the same sentence. In essence the rough sometimes stiff movement of the characters didn't make it seem less quality wise from say, a Pixar short. I had never seen tragedy dealt like this short film, or music video, portrayed it and that stuck with me.
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