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The myth of the stolen eyeballs - Nathan D. Horowitz

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Deep in the Amazon rainforest in the river Nea’ocoyá lived a school of particularly big and tasty fish. When the rains came and the water rose the fish appeared, and swam away as the waters fell. Villagers along the river followed them to a lagoon and set up camp. But their young shaman soon sensed they might not be completely alone. Nathan D. Horowitz details the Siekopai myth of the air goblins.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Nathan D. Horowitz
Director
Mohammad Babakoohi, Yijia Cao
Narrator
Jack Cutmore-Scott
Storyboard Artist
Mohammad Babakoohi
Animator
Elahe Baloochi
Compositor
Pooya Goodarzi
Art Director
Mohammad Babakoohi, Yijia Cao
Sound Designer
Mohammad Babakoohi
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Editorial Producer
Elizabeth Cox
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma
Special Thanks
Miguel Payaguaje, Jonathon Miller Weisberger , The Siekopai Nation

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