Patricia Maurides

My animated film from 1990 (stop-motion with collage). El Crabeho-ho Y Los Octopos - a twist on animal fables and the politics of the ‘80s.
(Many thanks to Brady Lewis for digital transfer from 16mm film).
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This animated fable reflects real events of the 1980s, telling the story of U.S. harmful intervention in Nicaragua. Using the tradition of animal fables to reveal a truth, the crab symbolizes U.S. support for the Contras, a right-wing rebel group that tried to violently overthrow the Sandinista government. Only when the octopuses enter, international pressure and protests, is the crab diminished.