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Sing About It

  • Christine Banna
    Director
  • Moira Smiley
    Performed by
  • Greg Fletcher
    Performed by
  • Karla Mundy
    Performed by
  • Dawn Pemberton
    Performed by
  • Jake Asaro
    Performed by
  • Bridget Toner
    Colorist
  • R. Lee
    Colorist
  • Ariel Grubb
    Colorist
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 25, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Munich Music Video Awards
    Munich
    Germany
    Honorable Mention Best Animated Music Video
  • Blackbird Film Festival
    Cortland
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Brooklyn Women's Film Festival
    Brooklyn
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Women's International Film Festival Nigeria (WIFFEN)
    Abuja
    Nigeria
    African Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Capital City Film Festival
    Lansing
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Black & White Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Best Film
  • River Film Festival
    Padua
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    Official Selection
  • Toronto Independent Animation Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • SHINE Online International Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • FLICKFAIR Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • Frostbite International Online Film Festival
    Colorado Springs
    United States
    Best Animated Short
  • Close:Up San Francisco Short Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Tokyo Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    Silver Award for Best Music Video
  • Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
    Pittsburgh
    United States
    Best Music Video
Director Biography - Christine Banna

Christine A. Banna is an internationally showing, multidisciplinary visual artist and educator. She works in both modern and traditional methods with a focus on experimental animation and projection design.

Her animations and projections have been shown at the CICA Museum in South Korea and in film festivals in San Fransisco and Boston. Some of her former credits and clients for projection design include the National Young Arts Foundation, Greater Boston Stage Company, MassOpera, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, and Keene State College.

Born in Providence, RI, Banna grew up with a deep love of ancient history and science which has been a driving force for her since she was a young girl. This dichotomy between ancient and modern is reflected in both Banna’s subject matter and medium choices in her work. Christine A. Banna received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History from Boston University’s College of Fine Art. She currently serves as a faculty member in the School of Film & Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Director Statement

The anti-racist anthem 'Sing About It' is a collaboration between composer/singer Moira Smiley [Tune-Yards, SOLAS, The Lomax Project] and multidisciplinary animator Christine Banna. Track 1 on Smiley's 2021 album, In Our Voices, 'Sing About It' traverses explosive subjects of racism, violence, and responsibility with searing, personal calls to listen to and stand up for each other. The video pulses with animations of percussive movement and no-holds-barred singing woven with animal symbolism, morphing identities, and time travel. Rotoscoped from motion recorded over Zoom during the lockdown, this collaboration is a labor of long-distance love and art in the time of Covid-19.