HUNGU - Meet the director

http://www.nfb.ca/hungu

The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Brazilian berimbau. Its origins are carried on in an ancient tradition. Inspired by the grace and raw beauty of African rock paintings, Nicolas Brault applies his narrative gifts to a world where humans and nature are subtly linked.

Under the African sun, a child walks in the desert with his kin. Death is prowling, but a mother's soul resurrected by music will return strength and life to the child when he becomes a man.

The filmmaker combines 2D animation on a graphics tablet with the warmth of sand animation, thus uniting modernity and tradition, Brazil and Africa, music and memory. Sparse in design and humanist in its outlook, Hungu exudes the elegance and suggestive power of a timeless story.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Capoeira
• Nicolas
• Brault
• berimbau
• Hungu

[maingunsx]

your mom.

[deeeeeznoo]

its cultural diffusion

[HANGER187]

Looks like fun but if you were to fight ass facing front, its only a matter of time it getting kicked. Animation is cool btw.

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

Looks like everyone is really having fun!

[kumaraisin]

30,000th view! Awesome animation - really inspiring to see how it was put together.

[rockerskater1]

Awesome !! the way u animate and draw these drawin makes relief !!

u'll have usualy a good performance !!

[jamietayllor]

that's so cool!

[SkellionPowalskiz]

just to put it out there, you dont have to be black to appreciate their culture, this man is amazing

[afrorobot4]

I NEED A CINTIQ BAD!!

[sidmjam]

I... Want... That... Screen........

[JDzMonsterProduction]

that was cool man, i want to get one of those screens now.