Sean Fennessey

And he spoke, he was interviewed by Amanda, the programmer at Vidiot's.

And they had an amazing conversation, fascinating conversation.

Floyd talked a lot about working directly with Walt and getting involved at a higher level.

He sort of was like bumped up on the Jungle Book to more of a...

kind of supervising role as an animator.

And, you know, Floyd is one of the very few African-American animators from that period in time and history.

And those movies, we were just joking about The Hot Fox and Robin Hood, and that Sword in the Stone, Jungle Book, Robin Hood, that stretch of films.

I think to millennials is a very big, I don't know, I don't quite know why, but a lot of those movies really imprinted on us.

And maybe they were shown on television more when we were growing up or something.

But they're not the most iconic Disney animated classics from the 40s and 50s.

They're in that second tier, but I love them.

Those are the ones I've seen among the most.

I think that's a good theory.

That sounds right.

The first film he worked on was Sleeping Beauty, which many people think is the most gorgeously animated of all the Disney classics.

So that's very cool that he's being honored.

And then the Irving Thalberg Award is going to Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, who are longtime...

and have worked with a huge number of people over the years with a real focus on LGBTQ filmmakers.

Killer Films is their production company.

They're still very active.