Film Categories: children

  • Jimmy

    Jimmy has sandy hair, velvety brown eyes, and needle marks that freckle the baby smooth skin of this thin arms. Jimmy is twelve years old… and a heroin addict.

  • Avocado Vegetarian Turtle, The

    A scientific report about a bizarre, new creature and its life cycle, told from a child’s point of view. On one level it is amusing, on another, the new creature can be seen as a symbol of healing the fragmentation of living with and within different worlds.

  • As We Are

    A documentary about autistic children and the difficult and often trying process of their education. While attending special art classes in a small well-equipped studio, several children are seen during the delicate and inspired moments of learning self-discovery. Here the teachers meet, with great inventiveness and sensitivity, some of the special challenges posed by autistic children and achieve some moving breakthroughs.

  • Happy Birthday Baby

    Bonding between parents and baby helps create the new family; this process is clearly explained in a warm and informative way. As the family prepares for the birth of a child, the relationships of parents and siblings, as well as the birth itself, appear through film.

  • Grandpa’s Fingers

    A grandfather recounts a story to his two young granddaughters, explaining what happened to his fingers. A short fable about family, storytelling, and cannibalism that gives new meaning to the phrase “finger food.”

  • Four Short Animated Films

    Four short animated films on one reel: The Magician’s Hat: A magician discovers more than a white rabbit in his hat with hilarious results. Making Faces: A simple blank figure is transformed into eighty different characters. A study of the variety of human faces. Alleycats: Alleycats are disappearing all over town! The solution to this mystery may lie behind the curtains of an apartment building. Computer animation. Eye to Eye: In this computer-animated film a man loses control of the parts of his face. Note: Also available from the filmmaker are four flipbooks from the Books That Move Series.

  • Family Daycare: Through a New Lens

    This work grew organically out of the Family Daycare Education Project, a ten-month research and outreach project based at the Cabrillo College Early Childhood Education Department in Aptos, California. The tape includes extensive footage of children in family daycare situations, modelling use of home environments and good adult/child interaction. There are scenes from neighbourhood-based classes attended by providers, including one of Spanish-speaking providers in the Flats, Santa Cruz. Throughout the tape, providers speak for themselves – outlining the issues, needs and motivation. Nancy Andreasom, experienced educator and director of the project, speaks about the importance of recognizing and responding to…

  • Angels

    This film shows the entertaining and joyful experiences of children in a series of creative workshops. With the help of artists, children make kites, poetry, music, movement, dance and film in Toronto schools – both normal and special education classrooms – as well as Scadding House, headquarters for the Inner City Angels in Toronto. The film provides a useful reference guide for alternative teaching methods and techniques for interaction between teachers and students.

  • Children’s Voice, The (short version)

    “The Children’s Voice” is 30-minute documentary about an innovative children’s theatre that celebrates the heroic efforts of abused children and child witnesses of wife assault, to break the cycle of violence in their young lives. The courageous troupe of children, aged 9-12, banded together to collectively write and perform a play “TELL IT-Speak Your Peace on Violence,” based on their life stories and concerns. The film captures the children’s process of growth and empowerment that culminates with excerpts from their triumphant live performance for school groups and the general public. A 60-minute version also available.

  • Children’s Voice, The

    “The Children’s Voice” is an hour-long documentary about an innovative children’s theatre that celebrates the heroic efforts of abused children and child witnesses of wife assault, to break the cycle of violence in their young lives. The courageous troupe of children, aged 9-12, banded together to collectively write and perform a play “TELL IT-Speak Your Peace on Violence,” based on their life stories and concerns. The film captures the children’s process of growth and empowerment that culminates with excerpts from their triumphant live performance for school groups and the general public. A 30-minute version is also available.