What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? In this 30 second film we use a stark contrast of style and colour to show that as America thrived and celebrated their power, their slaves were victims of gross injustice and cruelty.

An animatic of a 30-second snippet from "What, to the American Slave, is Your 4th of July?" The visuals highlight the contrasts between freedom and slavery. The final version will include color throughout, animation of characters and effects, and other refinements.

Storyboards depicting the cruelties of slavery represented by a traveling bleeding stripe and graphic iconography.

4th of July at the beach, sun, shand, and strange fruit. To see the full version see comments section. This version is mostly story boards, final version would have a lot more anmation in the characters as well as some more special effects .