Flannery

“Flannery is Flannery O’Connor — the late and mightily expressive novelist and short story writer from Milledgeville, Georgia. In this acclaimed documentary, Directors Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco argue that O’Connor’s celebrated Southern Gothic narratives — from Wise Blood to A Good Man is Hard to Find — are about the grace of God.  In spite of the authors frequent use of the “N-Word,” Flannery consults Alice Walker (a Georgia neighbor) and Hilton Als in its contention that O’Connor was not racist, but a keen and critical observer of the time and place of her environment. Flannery just received the inaugural Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.” – Laurence Kardish, co-artistic director, FilmColumbia