Men in Uniform
Guys who wear uniforms every day lead strange and fascinating lives.
Includes the films:
Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No
Baseball is a game of statistics and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis holds a unique one. In 1971, he became the first, and only, player to toss a no-hitter on acid. This is the animated recreation of that day as told by Dock himself.
Hircine Airlines
Story about the greed of a corporate aristocracy, and the delusion and chilling isolation it ultimately brings to its most elite. Except that it's told with dancing birds. And lots of planes fly around and stuff. Created entirely by the hand of Benjamin Hendricks, it took a staggering amount of time and and was mostly rendered on his two hand-built computers.
Under God
President Eisenhower and his military advisors meet the world’s first super-computer, UNIVAC. During the visit, Ike is challenged to ask the computer “any question he can think of.” The answer he receives may have changed the world as we know it.
Clemency
A reporter interviews a sadistic killer who was spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in a psychiatric ward instead. What she learns can never be forgotten or forgiven.
The Last Moments of Leopoldo Berenguer
Inspired by South American magic realism and Ionesco's absurd theatre, this is the tale of the president of a failing banana republic who refuses to see his world crumbling around him.
Serum 1831
Biological scientist Robert Lee has confessed to the murder of his wife and best friend. The detective cross-examining Robert has trouble believing Robert’s motive. Robert claims that they killed him first.
Sparks in the Night
Set in a black-and-white 1940's, Sparks in the Night humorously follows detective Leon Sparks as he closes in on notorious lawbreaker Jerry Walker and the Speeder Brothers. Working with a cast of fellow eighth-graders, the 13-year-old Director encapsulates the mood, moral ambiguity, menace, and fun of the grimy city.
The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9
An astronaut is sent to the mysterious plant, Alpha-9, to seek and destroy an awful, murderous space creature. An animated allegory of unwarranted fear.
Solatrium
An astronaut on a long space journey attempts to cure her loneliness and boredom by abusing a drug provided by a pharmaceutical company for the trip. Little does she know that the drug is still in experimental trials.
