“I Never Picked Cotton”

Yolanda Morgan recalls her experiences with racism and the impact it has had on her.

Produced in USC's CTAN 470 Documentary Animation Production class by 12 student directors.

Awards:

• ‘Best College Film’ at the Chicago Southland International Film Festival 2019

• Silver winner of ‘Student Animated Documentary’ at the Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019

Festivals:

• 2019 World Student Panorama, Ottawa International Animation Festival 2019 Official Selection

• Chicago Southland International Film Festival 2019

• Portland Unknown Film Festival 2019 Official Selection

• Ojai Short Film Fest 2019 Official Selection

• 5th Annual Montana Film Festival

• First Frame 2019

• Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019

Press:

• Animation World Network: December 10, 2019

Production Credits:

• Directed & Animated by: Hanna Adams, Cole Bacani, Max Edmeier, Dariel Filomeno, Alexandra Gottlieb, NamQuyen (Q) Le , Yolanda Morgan, Victoria Perez, Benjamin Ragasa, Josie Stocks, John Stover, Jinghan Tian

• Edited by: NamQuyen (Q) Le

• Character Design by: John Stover

• Music by: Benjamin Ragasa

• Sound Design by: Hanna Adams

• Storyboard by: Josie Stocks Jinghan Tian

• Additional Puppet Fabrication: Yuri Jang

• Additional Animation: Yuri Jang

• Sound Mix by: Paul Fonarev

• Sound Production Supervisor: Bethany Sparks

• Production Supervisor: Mar Elepano

• Student Assistant: Yuri Jang

• Faculty Advisor: Sheila M, Sofian