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South of 5th

Directed by Karla Caprali
United States
2023
6 mins

South of 5th is a 5-minute animated short documentary that showcases interviews with Miami's pioneer art dealer Barbara Gillman, a long-time Miami Beach resident. She and her family witnessed the changes in her neighborhood during the thirties, forties, and fifties. The documentary features parts of two interviews recorded in 2013, which were recently discovered by her family to be part of this project.


Karla Caprai is an animator and filmmaker born and raised in Belém, a city known as the edge of the Amazon rainforest. She is an artist who began her career as a painter before changing direction to become an animator.

  • Year
    2023
  • Country
    United States
  • Language
    English
  • Director
    Karla Caprali
  • Cast
    Andrew Gillman, Henry Gillman
  • Writer
    Karla Caprali
  • Cinematographer
    Nicole Santiago, Jerry Varela, Sasha Dokova, Gregory Casino
  • Editor
    Karla Caprali, Behrooz Zandi
  • Genre
    Documentary, Animation, Art
  • Theme
    Directed by Women

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