The Echoes of War
Directed by Richard O'ConnorIn early 1943, U.S. Army Sergeant Harrison Wright was drafted into World War II. When the war ended, he was stationed in a small village in Belgium near the border with Germany. At StoryCorps, he talks to his grandson, Sean Guess, about the honorable way he paid tribute to his fallen comrades on such a momentous occasion.
Nomination | Best Animated Film
Precedes
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
Directed by Leslie Buchbinder
A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, mid-century sculptor and artist H.C. (Cliff) Westermann’s became an inspiration for many young artists. The film reveals ways in which Westermann protected his empathic spirit – and sanity – by ‘sculpting’ his body, artworks, friendships, his hand-hewn house, and his art-filled letters to his dearest friends and family.