Mark Bosco, S.J. and Elizabeth Coffman "Flannery" - Lisa Hendey & Friends #110

On this week's show, we meet Mark Bosco, S.J. and Elizabeth
Coffman, the filmmakers behind the new
documentary "Flannery" coming soon to virtual cinemas
nationwide.


About the Filmmakers:


Elizabeth Coffman has produced and directed films about
communities in crisis from Louisiana to Bosnia. Many of her films
include or are about writers, such as Flannery, One More Mile
with writer Aleksandar Hemon, Veins in the Gulf with Martha
Serpas and Souls and Sonnets with Rita Dove. She works with Ted
Hardin at Long Distance Productions.



Mark Bosco, S.J. is a Jesuit priest and a professor. He is an
authority on the works of Flannery O'Connor and Graham Greene.
Mark’s most recent book is Graham Greene’s Catholic
Imagination, published by Oxford University Press. He is the Vice
President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C. Flannery is his first film.


 


About Flannery:


 


Winner 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), Flannery employs never-before-seen archival footage, newly
discovered personal letters and her own published words (read by
Mary Steenburgen) alongside original animations and music to
examine the life and legacy of an American literary icon.


 


For More Information:



www.FlanneryFilm.com



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