Animations from 1973

In the Jungle There is Much to Do (En la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer) (1973)

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Release Date: ?/?/1973

"Inspired by a Uruguayan political prisoner’s letter to his daughter, In the Jungle There is Much to Do (El la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer) is a stop-motion musical animated short using the jungle animals' struggle for survival as a metaphorical expla..."

Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage)(1973)

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Producer(s): Simon Damiani Anatole Dauman Andre Valio-Cavaglione Vaclav Strnad

Release Date: 11/05/1973 (Cannes); 06/12/1973 (France); 21/12/1973 (Czechslovakia)

"Fantastic Planet (1973), based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en série (1957), takes place in a distant future where the giant blue-skin aliens, the Draags, enslave and oppress humans. Terr, the protagonist, is a human boy raised as a pet of a Draag girl..."

Animation from Cape Dorset

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Producer(s): National Film Board of Canada

Release Date: 1973

"This short film features several sections that introduce Inuit culture, customs, folklores, and craftsmanship. "The Good Day for Hunting" and "Caribou Hunting" discuss the fishing and hunting rituals in Baffin Island. In addition, "the Inuit Christma..."