Washington DC director/animator Elyse Kelly, whose rousing “Fired Up” was one of my favorite animated shorts of 2017, creates another emotionally charged film with this work for the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice.

Elyse Kelly: “‘Johnny’s Home’ is part of a short animated documentary series about mass incarceration in the U.S., which shows the toll that an abusive and unjust criminal system takes on individuals, families, and communities.”
 

Client: ACLU

Production company: Acme Filmworks
Director: Elyse Kelly
Animation director: Anna Bron
Executive producer: Ron Diamond
Producer: Holly Stone
Animators/Renderers: Anna Bron & Andrew Whyte
Editors: Dan Fipphen & Elyse Kelly

Post production sound services: Studio Unknown
Story finder/Field producer: Kelly Ramundo
Location sound mixer: Corey Pointdexter
Original music: Brooke Blair & Will Blair