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Would you pass the wallet test?

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Picture this: you’re working a shift in a hotel lobby when someone approaches the front desk. They found a lost wallet around the corner, but they’re in a rush and don’t have time to follow up. Looking at the wallet you see it contains a key, grocery list, about $13, and three business cards you assume belong to the wallet’s owner. So, what do you do? Dig into the infamous lost wallet experiment.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Kelso Harper
Director
Maryna Buchynska, and action creative agency
Narrator
Jack Cutmore-Scott
Animator
Volodymyr Boyko
Illustrator
Gena Gudkova
Art Director
Olga Barabakh , Maryna Buchynska
Composer
Jan Willem De With
Sound Designer
Jan Willem De With
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Producer
Anna Bechtol
Associate Producer
Abdallah Ewis
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace
Additional Collaborator
Alain Cohn

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