Apples and Oranges

Apples and Oranges is designed to raise children's awareness of the harmful effects of homophobia and gender-related name calling, intolerance, stereotyping and bullying. In the course of a lively in-class discussion among elementary students and an equity educator, children's paintings magically dissolve into two short animated stories. In Anta's Revenge, Anta finds out that creativity--not revenge--is the best way to deal with a school bully who makes fun of her for having two moms. Defying Gravity tells the story of Habib and Jeroux, two skateboarding friends whose relationship comes to a screeching halt when one of them finds out the other is gay.

• Release date
• February 11, 2003
• Runtime
• 18 min
• Genres
• Animation
• Director
• Lynne Fernie

Cast

Juan Chioran

H

Hisani Clarke Emily Hampshire Megan Fahlenbock Cara Pifko Janet Bailey

P

Pearl Richman Albert Chung