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You'll travel 1 trillion kilometers through space - Fabio Pacucci and Lindsay DeMarchi

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Your granddaughter created a surprise for your birthday: a holographic map displaying everywhere you’ve traveled— not just on Earth, but through the universe. Considering you’re living on a spinning rock hurtling around a sun whizzing through a galaxy, you’ve made some real progress. But, how much, exactly? Fabio Pacucci and Lindsay DeMarchi explore how far you travel over the course of your life.

The way we measure length changes depending on our perspective- sometimes meters are the proper form of measurement, other times light years. What are some instances in your daily life when you have to change the way you talk about distance?

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Fabio Pacucci, Lindsay DeMarchi
  • Director Hernando Bahamon, Vicente Numpaque
  • Narrator Alexandra Panzer
  • Composer Juan David Chaparro, A4M
  • Sound Designer Juan David Chaparro, A4M
  • Storyboard Artist Joell Martinez
  • Animator Daniel Quintana
  • Art Director Vicente Numpaque
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Produced by Abdallah Ewis
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal

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