FLANNERY (97 min); USA; 2019; Elizabeth Coffman & Mark Bosco, SJ;
Florida Premiere (attending)Documentary
Co-Sponsored by Keep St Pete Lit and Tombolo BooksWinner of the first-ever Library of Congress / Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, Flannery is the lyrical, intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists. With her family home at Andalusia (the Georgia farm where she grew up and later wrote her best known work) as a backdrop, a picture of the woman behind her sharply aware, starkly redemptive style comes into focus. Including conversations with those who knew her and those inspired by her (Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Hilton Als and more),
https://vimeo.com/258864556https://www.flanneryfilm.com/“Flanneryis an extraordinary documentary
that allows us to follow the creative process of one of our country’s greatest writers.”
—Ken Burns, Oscar-winning documentarian
