Blue – A Black European Tale vs Pen Point Percussion

Blue – A Black European Tale has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.1/10 for Pen Point Percussion). Pen Point Percussion is the shorter watch at 6m compared with 1h 38m. Pen Point Percussion is the older of the two (1951 against 2025). Both are animation, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Blue – A Black European TalePen Point Percussion
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 6.1/10
Year20251951
Length1h 38m6m
GenresAnimation, DocumentaryAnimation, Documentary
Country–Canada
DirectorHelmut Karner, Mwita MataroNorman McLaren
Main castMwita Mataro, Claudia Unterweger, Mark Ulrich, Persy-Lowis Bulayumi, Marie-Edwige HartigNorman McLaren

Synopsis

Blue – A Black European Tale

All creatures in Greenland are green, except Bluekid. In this partly animated handicraft world, Mwita Mataro reflects on experiences of racism in Austria with children and experts.

Pen Point Percussion

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

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