Apples and Oranges

• Cast: Juan Chioran, Hisani Clarke, Emily Hampshire, Megan Fahlenbock, Cara Pifko
• Duration: 18 minutes
• Genre: Animation
• Rating: N/A/10
• Release Date: 2003-02-11

Apples and Oranges is designed to raise children's awareness of the harmful effects of homophobia and gender-related name calling, intolerance, stereotyping and bullying. In the course of a lively in-class discussion among elementary students and an equity educator, children's paintings magically dissolve into two short animated stories. In Anta's Revenge, Anta finds out that creativity--not revenge--is the best way to deal with a school bully who makes fun of her for having two moms. Defying Gravity tells the story of Habib and Jeroux, two skateboarding friends whose relationship comes to a screeching halt when one of them finds out the other is gay.