28.07.2013 19:33

From bank robbers to cops to victims to observers, Crime: The Animated Series, explores how crime affects us all.
Created by Alix Lambert and Sam Chou, CRIME:TAS is dark, compelling, heartbreaking, always intimate, and yes -- sometimes even funny. These five short films are very fascinating. It will make you think.

 

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CRIME:The Animated Series - Marcus Mcghee

Marcus McGhee, a school teacher in Hartford Connecticut, tells the story of when his car was stolen and the police did not help him. the animation is a combination of hand-drawn, pencil on paper, paint and digital paint and composite.

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CRIME:The Animated Series - Samson Styles: Fourth of July

BET journalist, Samson Styles, talks about being a stick-up kid and what happened to him one Fourth of July. The animation medium was a combination of hand-drawn, pencil on paper, paint and digital paint and composite.

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CRIME:The Animated Series - He Was 28

The speaker prefers that her name be with held. A forensic artist in Tennessee. The animation in this episode is a combination of hand-drawn, pencil on paper, paint and digital paint and composite

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CRIME:The Animated Series - Nelson George 2008

Writer and culture critic, Nelson George, talks about his childhood, the nature of crime, and the state of Hip Hop in the year 2008.

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CRIME:The Animated Series - Joe Bascetta: Pelican Tattoo

Owner and operator of Pelican Tattoo in Hartford, Connecticut, Joe Bascetta has spent many years observing the various crimes around him from his Park Street address.