Chipotle Pictures: The Nuclear Genie

Chipotle Pictures presents our *MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING* film originally produced for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's 2009 Swackhammer Disarmament International Video Competition. The prompt given by the organization to all contestants for interpretation was: "Breakthrough: Putting the Nuclear Genie Back in the Bottle."

The film was produced over the course of three weeks using Sony Vegas Pro 8 and After Effects CS4, with some help from templates and pre-made objects from the fantastic site, Videocopilot.net. All footage/images are copyright/royalty free or in the public domain. Thanks to all of you who supported it and helped it, and to all of the artists who took part in the contests to help further the cause! Watch in HD for full quality, and enjoy!

*AWARDS* - 1st Place: 2009 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Swackhammer Disarmament International Video Competition; 1st Place: 2010 My Hero Short Film Festival's Student Animation Category; 2nd Place: United Nations' "W.M.D. - We Must Disarm" International Video Competition; Used by "C.P.R. - Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions" as the basis for choosing Erik Choquette as the recipient of the 2009 United Nations Earth Charter Youth Activism Award; Best Documentary (High School Division): San Luis Obispo International Film Festival's "Filmmakers of Tomorrow" Showcase; Best Public Service Announcement (Senior Division): CineYouth Festival 2010; Best Public Service Announcement (High School Video Competition): 2010 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival; Best Young Filmmaker Documentary: 2010 Red Rock Film Festival of Zion Canyon

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival's "Filmmakers of Tomorrow" Showcase

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Skidmore International Student Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 CineYouth Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 deadCENTER Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Future of Cinema International Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Griffon International Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Independents' Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 YoungCuts Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Red Rock Film Festival of Zion Canyon

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Other Venice Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Tallgrass Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

*OFFICIAL SELECTION* - 2010 My Hero Short Film Festival

Produced, Written, Directed, and Edited by: Erik Choquette

Original Score by: Davey Frew

CAST:
Female Narrator - Jessica Vasquez
Male Narrator - Ted Rose

A Chipotle Pictures Production

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[FancyG2]

Thank you for continuing to give us "old folks" HOPE that your generation will do all in its power to eliminate war and the possible use of nuclear weapons, and bring peace to the world.

[Jugador12]

This must have taken an incredible amount and time and patience. It was all worth it though this video is fantastic

[rngwrldngnr]

Russia, China, the UK, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel are all nuclear powers. The fall of the Soviet Union was not due to it having fewer nukes than us, and similarly China's rising power isn't a result of them acquiring nuclear weapons technology. A single nuke can kill tens of millions, not counting EMP damage and ensuing war. Large reserves of missiles aren't even necessary in nuclear war because we can now launch long before a first strike would reach our launch facilities.

[punroxy2012]

do they realize that we are the only superpower and having nuclear weapons is how we show our power? the world is a dangerous place when they see the American president as weak...I'm not saying that we should use nuclear weapons like left and right but like to disarm them would be 1) expensive 2) it would show America's weakness and make us even more vulnerable...

[Alexa Suess]

Wow, simply amazing!

[Kei Fish]

This is great! As a teacher and an activist, I'm so happy to see how aware our youth are. It gives me hope that their future can be saved. Sometimes I truly believe that the younger generation has a better grasp of the jeopardy their world faces than some of the older generations. I hope this video inspires more media activism from youth around the world.

[TheSingingNewsNetwrk]

Congratulations on your great video! What an important topic.

[butifulstrnger]

Very good, thank you!!

[dasourpatchkid]

hey good luck!

[donnadbb]

Amazing video!! Fantastic, as always!