February 24, 2004
Storyline
This half hour film focuses on children who are learning to embrace what makes them different - whether it’s being the only blind student who attends a mainstream elementary school, the only child with cerebral palsy in the neighborhood, the only small person the kids have ever seen (“I don’t like being called ‘midget’ because it sounds like I’m from Mars or something,”) or the only boy in ballet school. Young African American girls come to love their black hair and very dark skin in a sea of white private school students. Blending these personal vignettes with some of the best loved children’s stories and poems, from bell hooks, Peter Sis and Langston Hughes among others, the film speaks to the universal desire for acceptance and self-acceptance and highlights a growing consciousness about the urgent need for diverse role models and relationships in young people’s lives. Featuring the voices of Mary J. Blige, Rita Moreno, Harvey Fierstein, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Isaac Mizrachi.
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015806/Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLAT BONK
- Hollywoodedge, Crickets 1 BT020401/Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Light PE011701
- Hollywoodedge, Funny Multi Swishes CRT054102/Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - TWIRLING SWISH, MEDIUM
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob PE180101
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 01 (cut-short)
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - RIPPLE BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SHORT FLAT BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SPROING 01
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, DOG - MEDIUM DOG WHINY HOWLS, ANIMAL (2nd howl)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FAST SLIDE UP AND DOWN 02
- Sound Ideas, SLURP, CARTOON - BIG SINGLE SLURP, HUMAN
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, ZAP - LASER SHOT, ELECTRONIC
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - ROPE TWIRLING SWISHES