Posted: 10/24/2011 |
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 Imagine It! (2011)by Jessica Machen | |
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Rudy Poe and Richard Tavener have crafted a great new documentary called Imagine It! aimed at encouraging children and teens to utilize their creativity to better the world. It urges the youth that what they do matters and will affect the world they grow up in. Experts and thought leaders such as Sally Ride (first American woman in space), Chris Wink, Phil Stanton, Matt Goldman (co-founders of the Blue Man Group) and Charles Vest (former president of MIT) along with select youth of today discuss why imagination is so important and how science and creativity work hand in hand to move ideas forward. This film will be a great tool teachers can use for students in grade school through early high school. It’s smart enough for the older students yet visually stimulating and empowering enough to reach out to the younger kids. Imagine It! is available on DVD and digital download on Tuesday, October 25. Jessica Machen is a writer and filmmaker currently living in Chicago. Got a problem? E-mail us at filmmonthly@gmail.com |