Life, Animated (USA)
(92 min; 2016; English)
Director: Roger Ross Williams

Multiple award winner including Audience Award for Documentary Feature, Berkshire International Film Festival 2016; Student Jury Award, Budapest International Documentary Festival 2016; Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards 2016; Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary, News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2018; among others

The inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a boy of considerable promise, until he developed autism at the age of 3. He was unable to speak until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This emotional coming-of-age story follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes his first steps toward independence.

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