Peace and Justice Film Series - Temple Grandin

Wednesday, August 10, 7:00 PM

“Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons.

“Grandin is listed in the 2010 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the category ‘Heroes.’”

Wikipedia: “NPR’s David Bianculli unambiguously named the film ‘the best tele-movie of the past several years... I can’t praise this movie highly enough. It’s not maudlin or sentimental, but it is excitingly inspirational. It scores big emotional points with very small touches, the sound of a heartbeat, a tentative touch, a victorious smile. The acting, writing, directing, production values, every sight and every sound in HBO’s Temple Grandin is perfect.’”