The Legend of the Sky Kingdom

The Legend of the Sky Kingdom is a 2003 animated feature film from Zimbabwe the countrys and Africas first. It was based on a childrens book of the same name by Phil Cunningham, who was also the films producer. It premiered at the Durban International Film Festival in October 2003.

The film was animated using stop motion animation. The puppets and all of the sets were built from pieces of junk that the filmmakers found a necessity of the low budget as well as an artistic choice inspired by Africas folk artists, who often turn things that others have thrown away into works of art. The filmmakers call this animation style junkmation.The filmmakers also spent two years custombuilding a motion camera out of bicycle parts because they did not have the money to buy a professional one. ........

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