Balakrishna

In 1967 a young paperboy befriends an Indian elephant that has been relocated to his small town in Nova Scotia. Balakrishna’s experience in this foreign and freezing environment is documented with loving animation, found footage, and the deep reflection of childhood memory.

Themes: friendship and loss, issues of immigration, animal conservation, bonds with animals

Advisory: An elephant living in poor conditions meets a fatal ending.

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