Chekhov for Children
72 minutes | 2010 I DVCAM + Betamax + Super 8mm
Chekhov for Children tells the inspiring story of the 1979 staging on Broadway of Uncle Vanya by New York City 5th and 6th graders, directed by the celebrated writer Phillip Lopate. Using a wealth of never-before-screened student videos and dramatic super 8mm films from the era, Chekhov for Children explores the interplay between art and life for a dozen friends across thirty years.
Available on vimeo
Screenings:
World Premiere, 2010 Telluride Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Film Society of Lincoln Center, NYC
Big Muddy Film Festival (Juror Screening)
Orphan Film Symposium, Library of Congress
Symphony Space, NYC
Jornadas de Reappropriacion, Mexico City
St. Louis International Film Festival
University of Sussex
Union Docs, Brooklyn
Cinema Arts Festival, Houston
Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Portland Int'l Film Festival, OR
Florida Film Festival
Athens International Film + Video Festival, OH
Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, VT
The Bijou @ 1708 Gallery, Richmond
Visible Evidence Cinematheque, NYU
University College Cork, Ireland
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Little Art Theatre, Yellow Springs, OH
The Ohio State University
Vanderbilt University
Whitman College
Helen Hill Award Screening, Orphan Film Symposium
Library of Congress (2016)
Press:
The Yellow Springs News
The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC (Interview)
• Listed in the IndieWIRE Annual Critics Survey
as one of the Best Undistributed Films of 2010
• Top Ten mention in the Senses of Cinema
2010 World Poll
