Tybee Post Theater Hosts Screening of Award-winning Flannery O'Connor Documentary

Two details stick with you long after watching the award-winning documentary “Flannery.”

The first is the sound of her voice, caught on a bit of archival black-and-white footage. It is every bit the honeyed Georgia drawl one would expect of a young woman of her time and breeding — that her mother Regina would have appreciated if it had not contrasted so sharply with the biting wit of her daughter’s writing. When encountering Flannery O’Connor’s stories, journal and letters, her voice — in my head, at least — sounded deeper, more knowing, more weathered, slightly comical.

The other detail is just how deep and wide Flannery O’Connor’s influence was and remains 60 years after her death, even though her output was relatively small (two novels, two collections of short stories, numerous essays, and copious personal letters) and her life too brief. Still, more than 50 books have been written about the Savannah native and her depiction of the grotesque against the inexhaustible grace of God.

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