To This Day (2013)

Shane Koyczan's poem about the lifelong damage of bullying, animated by more than eighty volunteer artists who each took a short segment, brought together by the Vancouver studio Giant Ant. The style keeps changing, yet the voice holds it together, and the patchwork becomes part of the meaning: many hands, one story. It passed five million views in its first week in 2013. It is direct and emotional rather than subtle, so it suits newcomers and classrooms best. The project's own Vimeo account hosts the full film.