- The Call to Rise Free is a 1-minute animated short created and produced by The Rise Free Trust. The Call to Rise Free can be viewed as a secular prayer that incorporates Enlightenment values including reason and freedom. Together these ideals have increased human flourishing, but their existence is not guaranteed. They have been extinguished in many places and times in the past, and are threatened in the present. The Call to Rise Free encourages action, and recognizes that freedom is not free: we must fight for it. The Call to Rise Free has won two IndieFEST Film Awards of Merit in the Animation and Social Justice categories. The Rise Free Trust was founded to defend and spread the ideals of the Enlightenment: reason, scientific method, justice, separation of government from religion, freedom of thought and expression, and reliance on facts in examining the world and making decisions.—The Rise Free Trust
- The bowed silhouette of a person begins to stand upright as a sunrise appears within her head: an awakening of the mind. A bloodshot eye appears on the horizon, straining to see through dark clouds of misinformation and superstition. The eye blinks as the sun rises, bringing forth the bright light of reason. The eye fully opens, to sunshine and clarity.
A hand lights a candle with a match. The flame flares into the silhouette of a heroine of reason, freedom and the Enlightenment. A multitude of candles light up as silhouettes of other heroes and heroines appear within their dancing flames. An isolated candle is attacked by the wind. The silhouette within the flame desperately resists the wind to remain lit. The flame diminishes and is nearly extinguished. Two hands cup the candle to protect it from the wind, allowing the flame to recover and burn brighter.
An adult figure is in peril, drowning in a rough sea. A rescuer with a lifebuoy swims to save the victim. The choppy waves are transformed into rain clouds. In the resulting downpour a young person shares an umbrella with an older stranger. A child appears, following her mental compass from darkness to light, striking a posture of dignity and strength. She joins a procession of people striding out of the shadows towards the color and light of the bright sun. The sun sets within the silhouette of another person, fading to dark purple until another day is born. The figure becomes vibrant as light emanates from it, revealing the profile of an infant's face, carrying the glow of enlightenment.
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