StoryCorps Shorts: Miss Devine

POV Season 24

Short Film | 08/22/2011 | 3 Mins

Cousins James Ransom and Cherie Johnson recall their inimitable Sunday school teacher, Miss Lizzie Devine. This animated short, set in the small Bradenton, Florida town of the cousins’ memories, will have you laughing along with James and Cherie and the fearsome Miss Devine. This film will be shown as part of a series of short documentaries on August 23, 2011 along with Big Birding Day, Flawed, Tiffany, Six Weeks, and the StoryCorps short No More Questions.

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Mike Rauch
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