Six Week Film Festival Presents: Classics for Kids
February 4 - 1 pm
Born Free
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1966, 95 minutes. Rated PG; recommended for 6 and up
ALMOST from the opening shot—a vast expanse of corn-colored African plain where lions feed on the carcass of a freshly killed zebra—one knows that Joy Adamson's best-selling book "Born Free" has been entrusted to honest, intelligent filmmakers.
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Without minimizing the facts of animal life or overly sentimentalizing them, this film casts an enchantment that is just about irresistible.
..."Born Free" was Mrs. Adamson's simple and moving account of how she raised a wild lion cub to maturity and then eventually re-educated it so that it could return to live freely in the wild.... it's a poignant but happy reminder of the beauty and mystery of the life cycle. "Born Free" refreshes the entertainment scene. -Vincent Canby, NY Times
Full Schedule:
January 14: Duck SoupJanuary 21: The Red Balloon and White Mane
January 28: Swiss Family RobinsonFebruary 4: Born Free
February 18: The Black Stallion
February 25: The Secret of Roan Inish
Bring your own popcorn!
