Short film
Vashti
2018 · 5 min
A brief, pointed animated fable that connects an ancient act of defiance to a modern movement, feeling more like a sharp essay than a story.
- Directed by
- Candy Kugel
- Genres
- Animation
- Overview
- Vashti, the Queen of Persia, loses her crown when she refuses to appear at a drunken council meeting wearing only her crown and nothing else. Her act of feminist resistance is echoed through the ages, culminating with the #MeToo movement of 2018.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Gender, power, rebellion, identity
- Content
- Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Candy Kugel
- Genres
- Animation