David Sky Brody

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Venus: Death of a Planet 2021 (7.2)

Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked upside down and turned inside out. Its burned-out surface is a global fossil of volcanic destruction, shrouded in a dense, toxic atmosphere. Scientists are now unveiling daring new strategies to search for clues from a time when the planet was alive.
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Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. How did the universe begin? Where will it end? Are there other worlds like Earth?
Dennis Pies

Dennis Pies

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Sky-David

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Field of Green: A Soldier’s Animated Sketchbook 2008

A hand drawn animation developed between 2000 and 2007, Field of Green was based on drawings made by Sky David (formerly known as Dennis Pies) during his tours in the United States Army during the Vietnam War between 1967 and 1970. The documentary animation relives these events and reenacts the major metal and bodily traumas that they caused, mixing animation with video footage and body motion.
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Hand Piece 1979

"This hand drawn animated film is a tribute to my hands. It was produced between 1977-79 with the assistance of a grant from the Sinking Creek Film Celebration. This animated film honors the legacy of Jules Engel the original head of Cal Arts Animation Program." -D. Pies. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Merkaba 1973

"The MERKABAH is the Vehicle Of Light that comes from the vision of the Prophet Ezekiel. This animated film is a meditation on this vision based on a dream I had in Dec., 1972. This animation was produced at California Institute of the Arts in the Spring of 1973 under the mentorship of Jules Engel. It was made with luminous pigments on jet black paper." -D. Pies