Collections/March 2022

Fourteen Animated Films by Faith and John Hubley

Featuring an introduction by the filmmakers’ children and animator Leah Shore A pair of Hollywood exiles—she was a former script clerk at Columbia, he was an ex–Disney cartoonist and union activist blacklisted for refusing to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee—Faith and John Hubley left behind the mainstream to forge a thrillingly experimental animation style all their own. Channeling the influences of jazz and abstract expressionism, the husband-and-wife duo made animation a true family affair, setting recordings of their children at play to images of free-flowing wonder in shorts like the Academy Award–nominated Windy Day and Cockaboody . Tackling serious themes of war’s absurdity ( The Hat ) and urban sprawl ( Urbanissimo ) with an effortlessly light touch, the Hubleys helped usher in a new era of independent animation in which Disneyfied gloss gave way to gloriously unrestrained personal expression.

14 films — 8 on the Channel, 6 unavailable