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Documentary About Pioneering Creators Of Betty Boop, Superman And Popeye Cartoons Wins Lucrative Library Of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize
A documentary on cartooning pioneers the Fleischer Brothers has won the $200,000 Library Of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
EXCLUSIVE: A multi-part film about the Fleischer Brothers, creators of a pioneering animation studio that launched Betty Boop, Popeye The Sailor, and Superman cartoons, has won the richest prize in documentary. Dory Previn was a successful lyricist for Hollywood films in the 50s and 60s who in the 70s transformed into an influential cult singer-songwriter, and famously went public about her schizophrenic diagnosis, ultimately accepting her voices and anticipating a modern-day neurodiversity movement. Throughout Freedom Summer of 1964, teams of activist Black and White women from northern cities risked all to fly into Mississippi, conducting undercover civil rights work to leave a lasting legacy for local empowerment and national progress.
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