{"id":2312,"date":"2012-03-21T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2012-03-21T09:18:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:18:30","slug":"student-film-brings-claymation-perspective-to-water-crisis-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2012\/03\/student-film-brings-claymation-perspective-to-water-crisis-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Student film brings claymation perspective to water crisis [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2318\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/104\/2012\/03\/refresh-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>You&#8217;ve probably heard that 1 billion people lack access to clean water. But like all statistics, they lack a certain perspective. Statistics can de-humanize a problem, hurling it into the realm of mathematics and numbers.<\/p>\n<p>This short student film does an excellent job of humanizing the world water crisis through its creative use of alternating perspectives&#8211;and claymation \/ stop-motion animation.<\/p>\n<p>Refresh is a student produced, directed, and created film that has won numerous awards since being released.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Refresh\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MhWRImfZm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Right now, almost 1 billion people lack access to safe, clean drinking water. &#8220;Refresh&#8221; urges us to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>Credits: Film by: Sean Cruse, Ben Kroll, Matthew Weener<br \/>\n\u00a9 2009 Forester Films | All Rights Reserved | www.foresterfilms.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard that 1 billion people lack access to clean water. 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