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SUMMARY:Life, Animated
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/life-animated/
LOCATION:Sid Williams Theatre :: 442 Cliffe Avenue Courtenay, V9N 7P1
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p>A documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams<br />Based on a book by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Ron Suskind<br /><br />Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of colour. A fantasy? A nightmare?<br /><br />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&rsquo;t speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood. The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive.<br /><br />&ldquo;A RADIANT, uplifting story. The film is a DOCUMENTARY GEM.&rdquo; &ndash; The Hollywood Reporter<br /><br />&ldquo;deeply moving&hellip;a warm testament to a family&rsquo;s love and resilience&rdquo; &ndash; Variety<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a film to which I believe everyone can relate, an EMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE.&rdquo; &ndash; RogerEbert.com<br /><br />&ldquo;INCREDIBLY MOVING documentary&hellip;a must-watch&rdquo; &ndash; The Guardian</p>
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