My Time With Joe
by Dean Leon Anderson, United Kingdom
A love story, chronicling the life of an Irish woman marrying a black professional boxer in the 1950's, and the joys and challenges they faced.
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Brilliant story with a great use of Archive and Animation to highlight the main parts of the film.
Wonderful little film! And Katherine is great. Would love to see this made into a longer film.
Congratulations on this film Dean! Wonderful to see 🙂
Really nice piece. Paints a vivid picture through the animation and archive images.
Great short.
great short film told with warmth and wit! wonderful animation too!
Great work, I really enjoyed it
Love always wins over. Excellent film and portral of two people that didn’t let anyone stand in their way. It’s great.
Lovely short – beautifully told, with great use of animation and cinematography
Beautiful film, funny, poignant and memorable! Congrats x
Very heart felt Dean the way it was mix blessings short and touching very well done
This is a excellent topic to cover in this day and age. This film covers a snapshot of the difficulties mixed race marriage were back in the 50’s and 60’s. It also shows how far British society has come since those dark days. Well done Dean. Good job!!
Lovely story! And more to this… Deft use of animation, interview and narrative… More please!
Lovely piece and great use of animation and music. They both compliment the story.
Well done Dean, good film to remain our children especially during the black history month in UK.
Well done Dean very good story especially at this time love will conquered always bless .
You told me about making this film
Last year. Great to see it in its finished simplicity, I admire your integrity to your work and people’s lives. I’d love to know more of their story, it reminds me of the American boxer Jay Jackson
Such careful selection from lots of possibles. It works!
Stunning piece!
So interesting to look back on the issues of inter-racial relationships in the 50s and hear a positive outcome. Captured this lovely story very well!
A sparkling bauble portrait of the time. Love the music and animation. Bravo
Such a brilliant film, really engaging and loved the old photos!
Very well done , i cant waite to see more congrats and good work.
Lovely story. I’d love to hear more!
Beautiful and sweet story!
An absolutely amazing crew! So passionate and it shows!