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Step by Step (1978)

★★½ — Step by Step (1978)

Faith Hubley made "Step by Step" as a commissioned short for the United Nations International Year of the Child (1979), working through Hubley Studios, the independent animation outfit she ran with her husband John Hubley until his death in 1977. By 1978 Faith was continuing the studio's work largely on her own, having already established a reputation for socially conscious, hand-drawn animation that sat firmly outside the Hollywood mainstream. The short runs just ten minutes and uses a loose, painterly style typical of the Hubley output, addressing childhood poverty, labour, and conflict on a global scale. Its production coincided with a broader wave of UN-sponsored cultural programming in the late 1970s, a period when international institutions were commissioning artists to mark humanitarian milestones with modest but purposeful short films.

A-Z World Movie Challenge Syria https://youtu.be/AOQlPTjkU_0?si=gTEHTDqtndSr8KWv A glimpse into the lives and families of Syrians in the late 70s. The cinematography is raw. The outlook is extremely bleak. I started this challenge to experience cultures from around the world but man sometimes it's still shocking. Hard to score so going straight average.

Rating: ★★½ | Year: 1978 | Watched: 2025-09-09

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