Wednesday, April 18th 2018

First stop on our April Staycation, this amazing film presentation at Coolidge Corner Theatre:  Animation Show of Shows.

The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows Trailer [1:30]:

Just the theatre was extraordinary, not to mention the featured pieces.

Producer and curator, Ron Diamond

Among all the fascinations this is one some may remember from their classrooms in the mid-60’s, when The Hangman was shown to students to raise awareness in response to McCarthyism.

The Hangman (1964) [Animation] [10:47]:

More info here:  https://www.animationshowofshows.com/

And frankly here are seven of the 16 we saw today:

What a privilege.

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