A woman is trapped in a brick cell. She finds that only with the help of others can she, and they, all achieve freedom. A stark, dialogue free, high contrast animation.
 

	A woman is trapped within the four walls of a brick built cell, little bigger than she is. The walls stretch up high above her with only a little light trickling in from above.
	She strains to push down the brick walls, but to no avail. This is clearly a futile task.
	From the other side of the wall she can faintly hear the sound of someone scrabbling and struggling. High above someone peeks over the top, a young boy. The woman looks up and the boy looks down at her.
	Then he too tries to prise apart the walls. Getting no success he jumps back down outside.
	The woman slumps down into the corner of her prison. The top-light faintly illuminating her hair. A scraping sound from behind startles her. Slowly, one brick is removed and through the small hole a shaft of sunlight pours in.
	As the beam of brilliant light hits her she finds herself staring back at the eyes of an old man. Nothing is said. Then another brick is removed, then another and another. Streaks of sunlight now criss-cross the once gloomy brick chamber.
	A multitude of people can be seen walking away in every direction, each carrying a single brick.
	The wall continues to dissipate until the woman is standing in a wide-open white space. Only those that are free can fight for freedom.

Go to the Weight of a Wall method page to see the techniques used in this production or read the original proposal. Or watch the final animation as a quicktime movie.
 
 

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