Broken Mosaic

The beginning of the film starts off in a scribble, sketch-like, black and white world where the audience is introduced to the two main characters, the siblings. The oldest is looking into the mirror, reflecting on their appearance. The youngest decides to tackle them leading them to the living room where the audience sees the first instance of micro-aggression from their Filipino family. The film then flips to a more experimental, collage, punkish world that represents how the micro-aggressions affect the siblings internally. At first the oldest simply takes it, with no resistance and the youngest sibling simply looks from afar, not directly affected by it yet.

The second segment is at an American school cafeteria where the oldest sibling faces racism as the kids at the end of the table starts to pull their eyes back and clogs their nose from the smell of the food the oldest sibling is eating. Another instance affecting the siblings abstract world making it greyer and greyer.

The third segment is at the dinner table when the siblings’ Japanese relatives refuses to give them Japanese food as they do not believe it is for them. The relatives also starts making comments on the youngest siblings appearance. As the abstract world is about to grey out, the climax starts as the oldest sibling decides to stand up for themselves.
The abstract world erupts in color and chaos as the siblings both yell and confidently tell their relatives off.

The final segment is when the screen cuts to black and a more metal, horror-esque aesthetic arises with eyes protruding from the walls and looking directly at the audience. The siblings start to crawl out of the eye in the middle as flashbacks of the micro-aggressions replay with scribbled doodles over them. The siblings finally emerge and kick the camera in as a final act of rebellion and self-acceptance, concluding the film.

Film Content Advisory: Flashing Images, Racism, Micro-Aggressions

Credits
Writer: Alexandra “Lexie” Orr, Mindie Armas, Suhee Morgan
Producer: Mindie Armas
Executive Producer: Alexandra “Lexie” Orr
Director of Photography: Alexandra “Lexie” Orr
Editor: Alexandra “Lexie” Orr
Production Designer: Alexandra “Lexie” Orr, Jacky Cai, Mindie Armas, Kevin Asis, Sunny Ly, Julie De Leon, Sandra White, Kat Kim, Lance Gallardo
Composer: Roy’s Bois (Josh Pearlman, Mindie Armas, Sunhee Morgan, Alexandra “Lexie” Orr)
Sound Designer: Josh Pearlman, Alexandra “Lexie” Orr, Alex Mori
Music: Roy’s Bois (Josh Pearlman, Mindie Armas, Sunhee Morgan, Alexandra “Lexie” Orr) Ft. Miki Jimenez
Animators: Toni Rincon, Isaias Matlala, Charlie Crespo, Sarah Jackson, Sarah Donaldson, Kelly Jean Janich, Emily Vu, Marcela Vidales, Ariel Nam, Lily Nhan, Jolene Presinal

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Moving drawings, moving people. Intimacy between intimate moments. Over time and underneath. Animated films exploring the real and surreal.