Life, Animated - Community Movie Night

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Join PPLD for weekly movie discussions. Each week we will feature several movies from PPLD’s streaming movie service, Kanopy, then host curated discussions about the selected movies. Please note that some movies selected contain adult themes and are rated R. You can view the movie anytime leading up to the discussion, and the discussions will take place using Zoom. We’ll supply the movie list, you supply your own popcorn!

Life, Animated: An Autistic Young Man Finds His Voice Through Disney Films (2016, 92 min., PG)
From Academy Award winning director Roger Ross Williams, LIFE, ANIMATED is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films.

Available on Kanopy with your library card and pin. Here is the website link to the movie on Kanopy:

https://ppld.kanopy.com/video/life-animated