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| + | '''Father James Harold Flye''' is best known as the life-long friend and mentor of the writer [[James Agee]], the man to whom the well-known ''Letters of James Agee to Father Flye'' was written. In this touching portrait of James Flye, filmmaker Ross Spears gives us a record of several visits with Father Flye spanning a ten-year period and culminating with the occasion of Father Flye's 100th birthday.[https://www.ageefilms.org/#flye] | ||
| − | + | Father Flye spent much of his life as a teacher and a priest at St. Andrews[https://www.sasweb.org/], at that time a "school for mountain boys" in East Tennessee. At the age of seventy, he moved to [[New York City]], where he continued an active life of parish duty, correspondence, and conversation with the many visitors who made their way to his tiny [[Greenwich Village]] apartment. | |
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| + | ::"In the literature of friendship, the name of James Flye has an honored place." | ||
| + | :::-- Colman McCarthy, The Washington Post | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:48, 13 December 2020
Father James Harold Flye is best known as the life-long friend and mentor of the writer James Agee, the man to whom the well-known Letters of James Agee to Father Flye was written. In this touching portrait of James Flye, filmmaker Ross Spears gives us a record of several visits with Father Flye spanning a ten-year period and culminating with the occasion of Father Flye's 100th birthday.[1]
Father Flye spent much of his life as a teacher and a priest at St. Andrews[2], at that time a "school for mountain boys" in East Tennessee. At the age of seventy, he moved to New York City, where he continued an active life of parish duty, correspondence, and conversation with the many visitors who made their way to his tiny Greenwich Village apartment.
- "In the literature of friendship, the name of James Flye has an honored place."
- -- Colman McCarthy, The Washington Post
- "In the literature of friendship, the name of James Flye has an honored place."
