StoryCorps is a wonderful group that works "to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives." You have probably heard excerpts from some of their interviews on NPR. Lately they have begun working some of the interviews into short animations, of which this is my favorite:
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