The Trap

An abstract, animated short based on a quote from Elie Wiesel's Souls on Fire, "And I try to imagine my grandfather on the train that carried him away."

Amy Kravitz has made animated films and taught animation for most of her life. Her work is internationally recognized and has won many awards. She has received critical acclaim for technical excellence, innovation, and her powerful ability to communicate through abstract movement and imagery. Her work attempts to induce genuine experience through the usually vicarious medium of film. She directed "River Lethe," 1985; "The Trap," 1988; and "Roost," 1998 among other works. She holds an AB in Anthropology from Harvard University and an MFA from Cal Arts in Experimental Animation. She is an Associate Professor of Animation at Rhode Island School of Design where both her innovative teaching methods and her students’ work have received international attention. She lives with her husband and their two daughters in Providence, Rhode Island.