![Howard Sherman's highlights of 2019 included (clockwise from top left): [50/50] Old School Animation, A Strange Loop, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, BLKS, Passage and The Way She Spoke. Photos: Maria Baranova-Suzuki/ Joan Marcus/Jeremy Daniel/Deen Van Meer/Julieta Cervantes/Joan Marcus Howard Sherman's highlights of 2019 included (clockwise from top left): [50/50] Old School Animation, A Strange Loop, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, BLKS, Passage and The Way She Spoke. Photos: Maria Baranova-Suzuki/ Joan Marcus/Jeremy Daniel/Deen Van Meer/Julieta Cervantes/Joan Marcus](https://d3s3zh7icgjwgd.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/172/Shermanroundup_Standard.jpg)
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