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We completed StoryCorps first animation for their initiative called One Small Step, Congress. The program's goal is to get people across the political divide to talk to one another. In particular, they are trying to foster conversations between Republicans and Democrats. For sure, easier said than done, but we have to start somewhere.
A series of explainer videos to help consultants teach a variety of researchers to craft winning proposals
Friends Meghan Closser and April San Juan share what it's like to be nurse practitioners, which many patients consider their primary care.
Introduction: We made this vibrant StoryCorps animated video for AARP. We always strive to make our StoryCorps text-based animations feel hand made. But AARP also asked us to make this particular video especially colorful to celebrate the achievements of Arizona’s […]
We developed this new “montage” product for StoryCorps that combines elements of our audio card and text-based animations. They wanted to reuse the illustrations that we had previously painted for a number of KIPP audio cards but use them in […]
Overview: When Sesame Street approached us to pitch them ideas for a “letters and numbers” series of shorts we were thrilled. After all, it’s not every day that an iconic show from our childhood actively wants to hear our creative […]
Rebecca Sanchez and Kellee Coleman are both organizers with Communities of Color United (CCU) and work to advance racial and economic justice in Austin, Texas. When Winter Storm Uri swept the South in February 2021, it put a spotlight on […]
We were proud to be able to bring Ta’Kira’s story to life describing how she grew up with asthma in a time of raging wildfires. This is one of 10 stories we produced in 2021 for StoryCorps and the Robert […]
Overview: In conjunction with StoryCorps and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, we animated spouses Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter Phinney as they talk about their shared careers as professional cyclists and advocates for Parkinson’s. Connie won a gold medal […]
We got to work with our pals over at Tilapia Film on another cool documentary. This project was originally going to film the scientists using a standard video production crew, but because of Covid, the production couldn’t film them with […]
Pipsqueak Animation produced all animation. Here’s one section. About: Hard headed Louisiana fisherman Thomas Gonzales doesn’t know what will hit him next. After decades of hurricanes and oil spills he faces a new threat – hordes of monstrous 20 pound […]
About: Pipsqueak Animation was commissioned to create a short film about Pamela Ronald, one of the 12 laureates of the 2012 Tech Awards and winner of the $75,000 Economic Development Award, in order to illustrate how her pioneering innovations are […]