“I Never Picked Cotton”

Yolanda Morgan recalls her experiences with racism and the impact it has had on her.

Produced in USC's CTAN 470 Documentary Animation Production class by 12 student directors.

Distributed by KANOPY (educational) and ARGO (non-exclusive SVOD)

Awards:

• ‘Best College Film’ at the Chicago Southland International Film Festival 2019

• Silver winner of ‘Student Animated Documentary’ at the Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019

Festivals:

• 2022 Short Encounters International Film Festival, (Out of Competition) Greece

• 2021 HONORABLE MENTION, BEST ANIMATED SHORT AWARD, Cleveland International Film Festival

• 2021 Official Selection, Positively Different Short Film Festival, Greece

• 2021 Official Selection, Inconvenient Films, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Lithuania

• 2021 Official Selection, Cordillera International Film Festival

• 2021 Official Selection, Short Encounters Film Festival

• 2020 BEST ANIMATED SHORT (STUDENT) category, NFFTY | National Film Festival for Talented Youth

• 2020 Official Selection, Salute Your Shorts Fest

• 2020 Official Selection, Supernova Digital Animation Festival

• 2020 Official Selection, 10th Annual Queens World Film Festival

• 2020 Official Selection, Human Rights Category, Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo

• 2020 Official Selection, Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival

• 2020 SEMI-FINALIST, Dumbo Film Festival, NY

• 2020 Official Selection, American Film Showcase

• 2020 Official Selection, Asiana International Short Film Festival, S. Korea

• 2020 Official Selection, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival

• 2019 BEST COLLEGE FILM, Chicago Southland International Film Festival

• 2019 SILVER AWARD, Student Animated Documentary, Los Angeles Animation Festival

• 2019 World Student Panorama, Ottawa International Animation Festival 2019 Official Selection

• Chicago Southland International Film Festival 2019

• Portland Unknown Film Festival 2019 Official Selection

• Ojai Short Film Fest 2019 Official Selection

• 5th Annual Montana Film Festival

• First Frame 2019

• Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019

Press:

• Animation World Network: December 10, 2019

Production Credits:

• Directed & Animated by: Hanna Adams, Cole Bacani, Max Edmeier, Dariel Filomeno, Alexandra Gottlieb, NamQuyen (Q) Le , Yolanda Morgan, Victoria Perez, Benjamin Ragasa, Josie Stocks, John Stover, Jinghan Tian

• Edited by: NamQuyen (Q) Le

• Character Design by: John Stover

• Music by: Benjamin Ragasa

• Sound Design by: Hanna Adams

• Storyboard by: Josie Stocks Jinghan Tian

• Additional Puppet Fabrication: Yuri Jang

• Additional Animation: Yuri Jang

• Sound Mix by: Paul Fonarev

• Sound Production Supervisor: Bethany Sparks

• Production Supervisor: Mar Elepano

• Student Assistant: Yuri Jang

• Faculty Advisor: Sheila M, Sofian