Henlightenment is a 14-minute computer-animated non-narrated film about a hen who has had enough of being cooped up. Although the key to her cage is under the protection of a mean guard dog, she invents several clever schemes to escape. Everything fails. Finally, following the example of a wise owl in the rafters, she begins to meditate. After she confronts her fears she finds a unique way to free her mind and body.