Sybil DelGaudio's thoroughly conventional documentary is a solid introduction to the lives and perpetually unconventional work of pioneering husband-and-wife animators John and Faith Hubley, whose inventive shorts were first discovered by many fans on "The Electric Company." The first independent filmmakers to win an Best Short Animated Film Oscar (in 1959, for
Moonbird), the Hubleys married in 1955; Faith had wanted to be a filmmaker but found few doors open to women in 1940s Hollywood, while John was a rising star at Disney until his liberal, pro-union politics made him persona non grata at the mouse factory and got him blacklisted by HUAC. Together they est...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
65 mins