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JUDAS ISCARIOT | Official Trailer

Judas Iscariot is an animated retelling of The New Testament of the Holy Bible, featuring details from the Apocrypha (The "Unofficial" Gospels) with a fresh stylized reinterpretation of the story's core figures. The goal of this project is to illuminate this text for both a religious and non-religious audience, placing it back into the historical context of Jesus’s role as a political figure during the Roman occupation of Judea. This film explores mature themes pertaining to love, devotion, and control. The film is expected to be 15-20 minutes long, depending on how much can be raised with the kickstarter campaign. It is expected to take 1-2 years to finish writing, storyboarding, animating, and painting assets for this project, with an additional period of time devoted to film festival screenings before it is ready for the public.  Judas Iscariot will be the second short film written and directed by Charles Kugler, who has worked in the animation industry for clients like Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, and FOX. 

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BLACK PEPPER

Black pepper, like sea salt, is one of the oldest spices on Earth, and has extensive mythology behind it. It was given to Roman soldiers as payment and to help protect them in battle, the ancient Japanese believed it to be one of the strongest aphrodisiacs, and many Voodoo practitioners believe peppers will only grow hot if you’re angry when you plant them. Black pepper, in most ancient cultures, related to war, victory, battle, and their corresponding gods and goddesses.

Magical properties: black pepper, like salt, helps to enhance spells when mixed with other herbs, especially curses and dark magic. On its own, pepper is useful for warding off negative and dark energies.

Medicinal uses: like most other peppers, black pepper can be used to help clear the sinuses of mucous, and help nasal inflammation.

Black pepper spell: if someone at school, work, or home is gossiping about you and spreading untrue rumors, make a simple potion of about 1 cup natural water (rain, river, lake, etc), 1tbsp of whole black peppercorns, 1tbsp crushed red peppers, 1tbsp sea salt, and about a teaspoon of charcoal. After mixing well, place something personal of theirs in the container (a picture, hair, their name written in black ink on solid white paper, etc). Leave outside for three days and three nights, then dispose properly. This is a curse, please use responsibly.

Medicinal use: while you have a stuffy, runny, or clogged nose, eat extra black pepper, or drink it in water.

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