This is a classic example (to me…) of how a well-told story trumps any quibbling about the technical details of just what was done to achieve it. Once you have engaged my interest and involvement in the story of “the survivors of a slave ship at sea,” I want to know as much as I can about those people.
The musical score and the execution are outstanding.
The days when Blender was playing in the minor-leagues of “gosh… you mean you did that with that toy program?!” … are l-o-n-g gone…