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Films with Described Video (Ages 5-8)

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This selection of films is designed to instill some of the most basic values in children, including acceptance, perseverance, empathy and the importance of imagination and play. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Asthma Tech At Home with Mrs. Hen Big Mouth Bully Dance The Cat Came Back The Fox and the Chickadee The Girl Who Hated Books If I Was God... Private Eyes A Sea Turtle Story Waseteg 55 Socks

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Films with Described Video (Ages 5-8)

This selection of films is designed to instill some of the most basic values in children, including acceptance, perseverance, empathy and the importance of imagination and play.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Asthma Tech
At Home with Mrs. Hen
Big Mouth
Bully Dance
The Cat Came Back
The Fox and the Chickadee
The Girl Who Hated Books
If I Was God...
Private Eyes
A Sea Turtle Story
Waseteg
55 Socks

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  • Asthma Tech
    Asthma Tech
    Jonathan Ng 2006 7 min
    In this animated short, young Winston, who suffers from chronic asthma, isn’t able to participate in the everyday activities of his peers and classmates. He copes with the predicament through his vivid imagination, with paper and crayons. On one particularly rainy afternoon, Winston discovers that the magic of imagination has the power to transform and empower, and his skills and talents save the day.

    Part of the Talespinners collection, which uses vibrant animation to bring popular children’s stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.
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  • At Home with Mrs. Hen
    At Home with Mrs. Hen
    Tali 2006 7 min
    This animated short is a comical tale that pokes fun at motherhood. It depicts the temper tantrums of a child and the efforts a mother makes to set her son on the right path. You don’t need to be a chicken to relate.
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  • Big Mouth
    Big Mouth
    Andrea Dorfman 2012 8 min
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  • Bully Dance
    Bully Dance
    Janet Perlman 2000 10 min
    This short animated film examines the roles of peer pressure, accountability and power struggles in bullying – a pervasive phenomenon.

    When a bully picks on a smaller member of his group, the whole community becomes involved. The bully, they learn, is himself a victim at home.
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  • The Cat Came Back
    The Cat Came Back
    Cordell Barker 1988 7 min
    This hilarious animated short is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid himself of a little yellow cat that just won't stay away...
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  • The Girl Who Hated Books
    The Girl Who Hated Books
    Jo Meuris 2006 7 min
    This animated short about literacy introduces us to Meena, a young girl who hates books even though her parents love to read. Books are everywhere in Meena's house, in cupboards, drawers and even piled up on the stairs. Still, she refuses to even open one up. But when her cat Max accidentally knocks down a huge stack, pandemonium ensues and nothing is ever the same again.

    Part of the Talespinners collection, which uses vibrant animation to bring popular children’s stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.
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  • If I Was God...
    If I Was God...
    Cordell Barker 2015 8 min
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  • Private Eyes
    Private Eyes
    Nicola Lemay 2011 14 min
    This 3D stereoscopic animation tells the story of Matthew, a boy who is never afraid of the dark. Since he's been in darkness all his life, Matthew has eyes where other people only have hands, feet or ears. This week is Matthew's birthday and he's very curious about the surprise his parents are preparing for him. Can he find it?
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  • A Sea Turtle Story
    A Sea Turtle Story
    Kathy Shultz 2012 9 min
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  • Waseteg
    Waseteg
    Phyllis Grant 2010 6 min
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  • The Fox and the Chickadee
    The Fox and the Chickadee
    Evan DeRushie 2012 7 min
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