Based on the best-selling book by Ron Suskind, "Life, Animated" is the story of Ron's son Owen Suskind, who at three years old, is a chatty, energetic little boy. Suddenly Owen stops speaking and disappears into autism. Nearly four years pass and the only thing that seems to engage Owen are Disney films. One day, his father donned one of his son's puppets, Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin, and asked ":What's it like to be you?" Unexpectantly, Owen responded to his dad with dialogue from the Disney movie.

Directed by Academy award winner Roger Ross Williams, "Life, Animated" tells the remarkable story of how Owen found his path to language and a framework for making sense of the world.
Winner of the Sundance directing award for Documentary film and the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival for 2014, this film also garnered great reviews from Rotten Tomatoes (93) and accolades from Rolling Stone's Peter Travers ("Truly Inspirational!") and Entertainment Weekly ("A moving, extraordinary story" - Joe McGovern.) 92 minutes long.

We'll start the movie at 7 pm, doors open at 6:45 pm. We'll have popcorn and beverages. All welcome!

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