# animate! › Films › Stressed by Karen Kelly › synopses

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, hand-drawn animation, pencil animation, stress, urban life, compassion, narrative short, filmmaker

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**Stressed** a film by Karen Kelly

1994, 6 min 30 sec

### animate! synopsis

Soft bodies, hard landings. Tenement times and the living ain’t easy. Drawing our own conclusions about the city.

### long synopsis

**Stressed** follows the residents of a tenement block whose interwoven lives are made tougher by the tension and stress of city life. We watch to see how various stressful events of the day make them behaveand in turn have a knock on effect on others.

Some are impatient, agressive and some actually start feeling ill. All this anguish is unecessary and very far removed from the more caring and peaceful lives we could be living. It could be greatly alleviated if there was more time and compassion for others

**Stressed** film, stills and other materials © Karen Kelly 1994