Roger Ross Williams on 'Life, Animated' - Autistic boy saved by Disney films

by Leo Bankersen
20 March 201729 March 2022
7 min read
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Hoe kunnen Disneyfilms een autistisch jongetje de weg terug naar de wereld wijzen? Dat wordt uit de doeken gedaan in Life, Animated, een documentaire die niet alleen de harten steelt, maar ook verrassende inzichten biedt. De Oscarnominatie werd weliswaar niet verzilverd, maar de zegetocht van de film is er niet minder om. 'Hij heeft zijn weg gevonden naar zo'n beetje alle landen die het zich kunnen permitteren een film te kopen', aldus regisseur Roger Ross Williams. Hij is net terug van de prese...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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