PIECE WORK will be an animated film following Rita, a woman with a unique ability to sense electromagnetic fields. She uses her talent to escape poverty and provide for her family, but her desperate choices lead to a devastating loss and a lifetime of atonement.
PIECE WORK is Part 3 of The Great Tit is a Bird (https://thegreattitisabird.com), a six-part sci-fi arthouse animation series by and about Black and Brown women and trans folks around the world, the losses they survive, and the ways they shape our high-tech era even as they are pushed to the margins. The series explores issues its creators have witnessed firsthand, including techno-colonization, research misconduct, gender-based exploitation, and threats to bodily autonomy and integrity.
PIECE WORK will be developed and produced at DuKode Studio (https://dukodestudio.com), the creative computing collaborative that produces THE GREAT TIT IS A BIRD.
Learn More: https://thegreattitisabird.com