Event
A Global Childhood: The Cinema of YouthPost an Event »
Oddball Films and guest curator Lynn Cursaro present A Global Childhood: The Cinema of Youth. From the marvelous to the melancholic, silly to the sublime; this program is an exploration of a whole range of youthful emotion, using scenes from world cinema classics from France, India, Japan, Spain and Canada and some of our favorite domestic educational shorts. Highlights from the enduring and beloved Pather Panchali (1955), by India’s master filmmaker Satyajit Ray, prove the wonders of childhood are universal. Being the new kid in town stinks all over the world: in Japanese director N. Terao's Skinny and Fatty (1958) this initial upset leads to a powerful and life-changing new friendship. For the troubled Canadian family of The Summer We Moved to Elm Street (1967), moving to new surroundings mean unpacking the same old troubles. There’s nothing quite as French as revolt, as les garcons of Jean Vigo’s Zero de Conduite (19 33) prove in one of cinema’s greatest pillow fights. Chaos takes an sneakier form in Oddball favorite Pamela Wong’s Birthday for Grandma (1971). Plus more impish delights for the young at heart. Be there for a chat with your inner child over complimentary milk and homemade cookies!