Bradley Manning Had Secrets 6min, 2011
The story of Bradley Manning, not as a Wikileaks ‘hacktivist’, but as a young American soldier simultaneously going through a crisis-of-conscience and a crisis-of-identity.
Animated in a rotoscoped pixel-art style and using dialogue from Bradley’s online conversations, the film explores issues of personal and political secrets, digital identity and alienation.
Credits
Written and Directed by Adam Butcher
Voice Actors
Danny Mahoney
Angus Dunican
Film Crew
Alisdair Cairns
Alec Milne
Animation
Ben Claxton
Adam Butcher
Original Soundtrack
Blair Mowat
A Digitalis Commission for Animate Projects.
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
and by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
Festivals
The film premièred at the BFI Southbank for their Digitalis Event. It has currently been accepted at:
International Rotterdam Film Festival
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Holland Animation Film Festival
BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
IndieLisboa Lisbon Film Festival
Saguenay International Short Film Festival
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
New Horizons International Film Festival
Animasivo Festival – Mexico City
Notes
- The animation was created by rotoscoping live action footage at a very low resolution. To get an idea of the process, there are making-of videos here and here.
- All dialogue was taken from the real online conversations that Bradley Manning had with Adrian Lamo. My source was Wired.com.
