Cinema Arts Program: Between The Imagined And The Real

Cinema Arts Program: Between the Imagined and the Real McBean Theater, 2:00 p.m. The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005, 30 min.), by John Canemaker and Peggy Stern, is an animated autobiographical film exploring the difficult emotional terrain of father/son relationships as seen through Canemaker's turbulent relationship with his own father. Featuring the voices of noted actors Eli Wallach and John Turturro, this film combines memory, fact, conjecture, audio recordings, photos, and original animation to tell the story of an Italian immigrant's life and the devastating consequences of his actions. Winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Washing Walls with Mrs. G (1980, 6 min.), by Tony Buba, chronicles an afternoon spent with the filmmaker's grandmother as she tells stories of her Italian past. This short, simple film is a loving and humorous portrait of family.