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Clip description
Lee’s mum (voiced by Tara Morice) hems her dress while her little brother, Kent (Justin Rynne), plays noisily with a toy truck. Their father (Marcus Hale) attempts to listen to the radio. Later, Mrs Davis (Celia Matthews) attempts to have a phone conversation with her friend about the defected Russians living down the street, but is interrupted by Lee (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and the other children playing in the front yard.
Curator’s notes
From a child’s perspective everything is very much as it ever was — the children do not see (or understand) the seriousness of the situation of the Petrov Affair taking place around them. Lee Whitmore has captured this beautifully in her animation by giving equal emphasis to the children’s perspective of things.
