Afterimages (2023)
A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation by Evan Bode.
Top billed cast
- Mackenzie DuanNarrator
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