Life, Animated

Name: Life, Animated
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Released: 2016

Roger Ross Williams 2016

A documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams based on a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Suskind. Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? Life, Animated is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn’t speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies and turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, and brotherhood.

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Running Time:

89 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Roger Ross Williams

Producers:

Roger Ross Williams, Julie Goldman

Press

The Hollywood Reporter

"A RADIANT, uplifting story. The film is a DOCUMENTARY GEM."

Duane Byrge
Variety

"deeply moving...a warm testament to a family's love and resilience"

Justin Chang
RogerEbert.com

"It's a film to which I believe everyone can relate, an EMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE."

Sheila O'Malley
The Guardian

"INCREDIBLY MOVING documentary...a must-watch"

Lanre Bakare

Festival Participation

Sundance Film Festival - 2016
Directing Award: US Documentary
Berkshire International Film Festival - 2016
Audience Award
Full Frame Film Festival - 2016
Audience Award
Nantucket Film Festival - 2016
Audience Award
Telluride Mountain Film Festival - 2016
Audience Award
San Francisco International Film Festival - 2016
Audience Award
Tribeca Film Festival

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