Life, Animated (Life, Animated)
Directed by: Roger Ross WilliamsCast list: Owen Suskind
Country: USA
Year: 2016
Genres: Documentary / Comedy-drama /
Runtime: 89 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Spanish
Owen Suskind was a boy of considerable promise, until he developed autism at the age of 3. As Owen withdrew into his silent state, his parents almost lost hope that he find some way to interact with his world in some meaningful way. However, that way was found through animated films, especially those of the Walt Disney Company, which provided Owen a way to understand the world through its stories to the point of creating his own. This film covers the life of Owen and how he manages to become as functional as possible with the help of Disney and his family to the point of having his own life. However, Owen soon learns as well that there is more to real life than what Disney can illustrate in animation even as his family prepares itself for an uncertain future with him.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: English language / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / medicine, health / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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