Life, Animated is a joyous, ebullient take on parenting. But things didn’t seem that positive to Ron and Cornelia Suskind when their son Owen completely retreated from the world as a toddler. Diagnosed with severe autism, Owen kept to himself, watching Disney films in the family basement. After years of complete silence from Owen, Ron noticed something familiar in the gibberish that he overheard Owen muttering. Thus began a journey that would come to include a best-selling book and eventually be enshrined in This American Life. Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams moves the story to the present day, following Owen as he prepares to move out on his own. Dazzling, expertly crafted, and polished to a fine gloss, this real-life fairytale urges us to seize inspiration when it appears. (DW) Presented by Missouri Kids Count & Family and Community Trust (FACT)