Coup d'etat Math by Lucky Post
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In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, the award-winning short film “Coup d’état Math” directed by Sai Selvarajan has been named Vimeo Staff Pick. The film depicts four immigrant stories -- a fight to be born, a fight to survive, a fight to find your place, and the fight to maintain.
Selvarajan, who immigrated to the US with his family at the age of 9, has developed a body of short film work that speaks to the truth of people that are often misunderstood and underrepresented including “Coup d’etat Math.”
Just as each immigrants' story is unique, so too is each narrative in Coup d’etat Math. Watercolor paintings were created by Amanda Selvarajan with whom he collaborated on the short film "Sugarless Tea"; longtime friend Olivia Saldivar created the illustrations and woodcuts. Together, with the help of his colleagues at Dallas-based Lucky, where he is an editor, they united four narratives into one including audio with voices from different cultures that provide both distinctiveness and commonalities.
Credits
The Voices:
Sara Amini
Tyler Wetherall
Parimala Marpaka
Liliana Vargas
The Artists:
Watercolor paintings by Amanda Selvarajan
Illustrations and wood cut by Olivia Saldivar
Original Score by Joey Kendall
Sound Mix by Scottie Richardson
Design, Layout and Motion by Sai Selvarajan
Additional animation by Seth Olson
Title Design by Joshua Jacob
Written, directed, and edited by Sai Selvarajan
