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Persistence of Vision

Thursday - Saturday, March 27 - 29 / 9 pm
Sunday, March 30 / 7 pm
Thursday, April 3 / 9:30 pm
Directed by Kevin Schreck
2012, USA, 83 min

Striving to make the best animated film of all time, visionary animator Richard Williams (Oscar-winning animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) toiled for more than three decades on his masterpiece, The Thief and the Cobbler only to have it torn from his hands. Filmmaker Kevin Schreck has woven together mind-blowing animation, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with key animators and artists who worked with Williams on his ill-fated magnum opus
to bring this legendary, forgotten chapter of cinema history to the screen for the very first time. A tale of creative genius gone horribly awry, Persistence of Vision is the untold story of the greatest animated film never made.

Reviews

“Outstanding… a mindblower. Persistence of Vision is one you shouldn't miss.” — ADRIAN MACK, THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
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