Yoni Goodman, the animation director on the award-winning, Flash-animated feature Waltz With Bashir, has created a new animated short film. Closed Zone is a mixed-media short that uses analogy to comment on the Gaza strip blockade. The film was produced by Gisha, a non-profit that aims to “protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents.” The short has already been seen over 100,000 times on YouTube, thanks to coverage by the Huffington Post and the UK newspaper The Guardian.

In this behind-the-scenes segment below, Goodman and one of the producers discuss how the project came to be.

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