Spanning his 20-year career, this program focuses on Trnka’s early work, including the anti-Nazi satire Springman and the SS (1946), the dystopian space-age tale Cybernetic Grandma (1962), and Trnka’s masterpiece, The Hand (1965). Visit wexarts.org for a complete lineup closer to the screening. (100 mins., DCP)
"Czech master animator created magical worlds amid stifling communist censorship."
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Jiří Trnka: Five Animated Shorts (1946–65)