Flannery

Flannery (2019)

The storied life of the writer from Georgia

Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered journals, and interviews with Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Hilton Als, and more.

Date of release
2019-10-25
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Documentary, History
Director
Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman

Casting

Interesting facts

Flannery is a 2019 documentary film from Long Distance Productions about American novelist Flannery O'Connor.

Production

Directed by Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco, Flannery is the first National Endowment for the Humanities feature documentary to explore the life of acclaimed southern U.S. writer Flannery O'Connor.

Coffman is a documentary filmmaker, scholar and professor at Loyola University Chicago. She owns and directs films with Ted Hardin of Long Distance Productions. Bosco is a Jesuit priest, O'Connor scholar and Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University.

The score for the film, by award-winning composer Miriam Cutler ("RBG", "Dark Money") includes O'Connor-inspired songs by Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams. With animations, letters, never-before-seen photographs and archival footage, soul-raising music and insights from top American writers, actors and critics, the film illustrates the life of the brilliant and reclusive writer.

Executive producers include Bob Hercules, Christopher O’Hare and Stefan Sonnenfeld.

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