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Helpline! (2004)

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Helpline! is a 2004 queer short film from the Netherlands written and directed by Joli(e) (pseudonym of Jiro Ghianni). It is a short experimental animation that was produced for Queeruption 2004.

The film explores the idea of bare-chested-ness. Should everyone in a Western society be able to walk around bare-chested, or just the boys? Is this fair? The director used her/his "pre-testosterone" voice in narrating the voice-over that accompanies the animation.
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