Is El Apóstol the first animated movie?
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Executive summary
The materials supplied do not mention El Apóstol at all, so they do not support answering whether El Apóstol is the first animated movie; instead the documents are largely about films and film activity connected to the name “El Paso” and a local animated feature called The Weird Kidz [1] [2]. Because the reporting set contains no primary or secondary sources about El Apóstol or early animation history, a definitive answer cannot be drawn from these sources alone [1] [2].
1. What the question actually asks and why it matters
The user is asking a historical, factual claim about animation history — specifically whether a film titled El Apóstol occupies the status of “the first animated movie” — which requires documentary evidence from film archives, contemporaneous press, or reputable film historians rather than local film listings or festival press (the supplied reporting does not include that archival or historical material) [1] [2].
2. What the supplied reporting covers (and what it does not)
The documents provided center on titles and events connected to “El Paso” — commercial listings and release information for several films titled El Paso (including entries on IMDb and festival pages) and publicity for an El Paso animated feature called The Weird Kidz featured at the El Paso Film Festival [1] [2]. Nowhere in the supplied snippets or URLs is there mention of a film named El Apóstol, Quirino Cristiani, Argentina, or early 20th‑century animation history; the scope of the reporting is contemporary local film culture and unrelated film titles [1] [2].
3. The evidentiary gap: why the supplied sources can’t settle the claim
Answering whether El Apóstol is the first animated movie requires sources that document film production dates, running length, exhibition history, and contemporary accounts; the supplied items are episode/feature listings, festival press releases and local coverage about El Paso productions and screenings, none of which supply the archival film‑history evidence necessary to judge a global “first” claim [1] [2]. Because the available reporting lacks any reference to the film name El Apóstol or to the early animation record, it cannot confirm or refute the claim.
4. How to resolve the question responsibly (what to look for next)
A responsible, evidence‑based determination would come from consulting film‑history scholarship, digitized newspaper archives from the relevant era, film archive catalogues, and academic works on animation history; those are the kinds of sources that can confirm production dates, running times, and exhibition contexts required to evaluate a “first animated movie” claim — none of which are present in the current packet of reporting [1] [2].
5. Bottom line — direct answer based on the provided reporting
Based solely on the supplied sources, it is not possible to say that El Apóstol is the first animated movie because the supplied documents make no mention of El Apóstol or the early animation record and instead concern unrelated films and local festival programming [1] [2]. To answer conclusively would require consulting film archives or scholarly histories not included here.