The Birth of the Telephone (2022)

Genre : Animation

Runtime : 3M

Director : David McShane

Synopsis

Originating from footage of Thomas Watson relating the conception of the telephone, Birth of the Telephone distorts and challenges the simplicity of this account. We uncover a different type of birth occurring. Here is a device that, beneath the camouflage of instrumentality, raises questions about connection, anxiety and death.

Actors

Crews

David McShane
David McShane
Director
Ines Adriana
Ines Adriana
Sound Designer
Ines Adriana
Ines Adriana
Sound Mixer
Shane O'Sullivan
Shane O'Sullivan
Executive Producer

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