Subnivean Snuff

Subnivean Snuff

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Subnivean Snuff

2015

0h 10m

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Subnivean Snuff re-tells an historical environmental crime story. It explores human desires to manipulate ecosystems and their inhabitants. This short, animated film re-imagines a 1958 nature documentary which famously depicts the false suicide of a group of lemmings.

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