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  • 2020
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2020
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary "Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic..." Flannery O'Connor, 1958. Shy, funny, devout, disabled--words that describe one of the most acclaimed American short story writers of all time. Flannery O'Connor's stori...

Directed By: Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman

Written By: Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman

  • 2020
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2020
  • 1 h 37 m

Flannery

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Summary "Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic..." Flannery O'Connor, 1958. Shy, funny, devout, disabled--words that describe one of the most acclaimed American short story writers of all time. Flannery O'Connor's stori...

Directed By: Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman

Written By: Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman

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Aug 27, 2020
The film certainly does not ignore O’Connor’s attitudes and fictional treatment of race. It just doesn’t make it particularly central to her reputation.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
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Jul 16, 2020
Bosco and Coffman make a convincing argument that only Mary Flannery O'Connor could become Flannery O'Connor. Some of her works would probably be unpublishable now, but she isn't writing them now. If she'd survived past 39, maybe the next book after The Violent Bear It Away would have been very different. But, they posit, the Flannery O'Connor we have is the Flannery O'Connor we got, and maybe the one we deserved.
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Jul 17, 2020
There's a lot of interesting things here and yet Flannery feels incomplete, and — worse — a little bit scared to go in for a much deeper dive.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
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Jul 16, 2020
This biographical documentary of the writer Flannery O’Connor, directed by Mark Bosco and Elizabeth Coffman, is sporadically informative. But it mostly underscores the shortcomings of the varied methods it uses.
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Production Company Long Distance Educational Media, Media Process Group Inc.
Release Date Jul 17, 2020
Duration 1 h 37 m
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Website https://www.flanneryfilm.com/
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