This is an animation based off a Yorubaland (West Africa) anecdote about trickster divinity Edshu, contextualized in the present.

 

Dystopian times call for dystopian measures. Some scoundrels, desperate from sociopolitical pressure, 

take it upon themselves to make their voice heard. Two unscrupulous farmers find themselves wondering

why their beloved trailer is teetering on the brink of devastation. In their disagreement, 

the smiler in the two colour cap has the remedy. The trickster invades the farmers' thoughts from dark oceans away.

 

3D animation composed with 3DS Max. Edited with Final Cut Pro. Audio from Garageband. Benjamin Poynter. 2013.