Life, Animated
Episode 4 · 2017-02-20
- Documentary
Episode overview
Nominated for an Academy Award, this film tells the uplifting story of Owen Suskind, an autistic young man and his family. After unremarkable early years, at the age of three Owen withdrew and suddenly stopped speaking. Diagnosed with autism, Owen slowly emerged from his isolation by immersing himself in Disney animated films, using them as an emotional road map to reconnect with the wider world. Owen and his family describe the challenges he faced growing up and the understanding he drew from these stories. Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams tracks how by repeatedly watching these Disney classics, Owen learned to view the world as deep and complex, as well as inspirational and instructive. Life, Animated is a remarkable insight into Owen's unique way of seeing the world, and an emotional coming-of-age story as he leaves home and takes his first steps towards independence.
85 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage2017-01-16
2. The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story2017-02-01
3. Notes On Blindness2017-02-16
4. Life, Animated2017-02-20
5. Killing For Love2017-03-07
6. Murder in Italy2017-03-13
7. North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot2017-03-20
8. Last Days of Solitary2017-03-27
9. OJ: Made in America - Part 12017-05-14
10. OJ: Made in America - Part 22017-05-14
11. OJ: Made in America - Part 32017-05-16
12. OJ: Made in America - Part 42017-05-17
13. OJ: Made in America - Part 52017-05-18
14. Tokyo Girls2017-06-27
15. Oink: Man Loves Pig2017-07-02
16. This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews2017-07-10
17. The Great European Cigarette Mystery2017-07-17
18. Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government2017-07-24
19. Queerama2017-07-31
20. Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland2017-08-14
21. Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web2017-08-21
22. The Boy Who Changed America2017-09-06
23. The Work: Four Days to Redemption2017-10-26
24. Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States2017-10-30
25. Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess2017-11-13
26. My Mother's Lost Children2017-11-20
27. Last Men in Aleppo2017-11-27
28. The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey2017-11-30
29. When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day2017-12-07
