Inventor Crazybrains and the Girl Called Bird

Inventor Crazybrains and the Girl Called Bird

We're all on the brink of something...

2022 · 13 min · Fantasy, History

The objects found inside the house seemed of little historical importance - two diaries. But taken together, they form a fantastical little story… and so a filmmaker finds herself caught between fiction and memory, believing in impossibilities.

Directed by Jefferson Everest Crawford · Written by Jefferson Everest Crawford

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