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Short Films by Faith and John Hubley

Moonbird

10m

Directed by John Hubley • 1959 • United States

John and Faith Hubley recorded a conversation between their young sons and set it to animated visuals to create this charming, Academy Award–winning adventure in which two boys set out on a late-night quest to capture a bird.

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