
PBS Plus Presentation
Independent Spirits: The Faith and John Hubley Story
John and Faith Hubley redefined animation, using innovative graphics and experimental sound to produce works unmediated by commercial concerns.
Four innovative animators — Faith Hubley, Joanna Priestley, Lynn Smith, and Ruth Peyser — are celebrated for their influential bodies of work.
Sybil DelGaudio's interest in animation extends beyond her career as a filmmaker. An associate professor in the communication arts department at New York's Hofstra University, she teaches film studies and production. In addition, she has written many articles for film journals and anthologies, among them Jump Cut, Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio,… Show more
In addition to her work as an independent filmmaker, Patty Wineapple is a vice-president at Grey Advertising in New York. She has produced more than 400 television commercials, receiving numerous awards for her work on campaigns for such clients as the Borden Company, Parker Brothers, and Stride-Rite. In 1977 she produced the one-hour television… Show more
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Four individualistic and innovative animators — Faith Hubley, Joanna Priestley, Lynn Smith, and Ruth Peyser — are celebrated for their creative and influential bodies of work. Each program emphasizes the personal style, thematic concerns, animation process, and method of each woman, attempting to communicate the wide-ranging artistic potential of her chosen art form. Hubley seeks her inspiration from myths, legends, and the natural mysteries of life (inspiration); Priestley looks at the changing relationship between the sexes (point of view); Peyser confronts the social contradictions of contemporary life (mood); and Smith seeks the subtle connections in the everyday (method). The series offers viewers an opportunity to see complete, complicated artworks in a lively, engaging, in-person format that redefines the world of "cartoons" beyond the Disney, Warner Bros., and Saturday morning cartoon context.
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