KIDS FIRST! Film Festival/Hawaiʻi

YOU DO YOU NO MATTER WHO: PART 2 (9 films•Varied Age Groups)

Expired February 22, 2022 9:45 AM
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9 films in package
THE RABBITS UNDER THE SHED
(Ages 3-12) After a disagreement with her mom, 8-year-old Natalie runs away — all the way to her backyard, where she meets a family of rabbits and decides to move in with them.
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE FAMILIES OF BEARS
(Ages 2-18) This film accompanies an original song based on the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." This story introduces three new bear families to represent family life as it is in the world today. The baby panda bear has two Mums, the baby polar bear has two Dads, and the baby brown bear has a Mum and a Dad.
RED JUNIOR AND THE WOLF
(Ages 4-10) In a fairytale world, Red Riding Hood’s granddaughter is best friends with Wolfie, a young wolf. Granny Red doesn’t like wolves because of her past experience, but Wolfie is nothing like the infamous Big Bad Wolf.
ZABEZOO: EARS N' TAIL: Bunny or Monkey?
(Ages 4-18) The animated series touches upon the problem of self-identification of children born in mixed-race families, using the example of a 5-year-old girl named Zabezoo, whose mother is a rabbit doe and her father is a monkey.
LOVE IS LOVE
(Ages 4-18) Encouraging inclusion and acceptance, this catchy song shows children how colorful and different families can be.
HUMAN RACE ISM
(Ages 5-18) A teenager stationed on Mars with his family gets a lesson in racism.
MY OTHER SON
(Ages 6-18) This is Gusti's story. A father who goes through bewilderment and denial, to the most unconditional love for his new son upon discovering that he has Down Syndrome.
MISFIT
(Ages 7-18) A piece of a jigsaw puzzle gets separated from the other members of his puzzle so he attempts to join other puzzles.
RAINSHADOW
(Ages 10-18) Rainshadow, a high school for at-risk students, is threatened with being taken over by the state for low test scores, but the school's art teacher and principal have one last shot to save the school that has saved so many kids.
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9 films • 1h35m • Varied Age Groups

Rabbits, bears, aliens, artists, and others portray and reveal our shared humanity.

This short three-minute film has a great message to the Human Race. Shot using a green screen, astronaut actors, black and white, give a younger black actor a serious warning to avoid being with others who are different than him. But the handsome teen of color maintains his joy, dancing on Mars on his way to meet his favorite Martian, I presume.


Friendship, appreciation, and humor rule the day in this adorable short. The only small problem with it is that one of the seams with the green screen is noisy - an editing issue that takes a little bit away from production value, But otherwise it is a funny, warm feeling film.


The message is that the human tendency to reject beings that are different from us can be unlearned through appreciation, inclusiveness, and love.


I give Human Race Ism 4 stars out of 5 and recommend it for ages 5 to 18, plus adults. Reviewed by Nancy K., KIDS FIRST!

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    3:02
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Elina Villemure
  • Screenwriter
    Kya Garner Minnick, Romeo Keyser
  • Producer
    Scott Galeski,Steve Sholtes,Noel Galeski,Calvin Johns
  • Cast
    Romeo Keyser,Kya Garner-Minnick,Caroline Hubbard,Ayana King,Jamey Harper
  • Cinematographer
    Alexsys Giraud,Matthew Stone,Cayden Grew
  • Editor
    Calvin Johns
  • Music
    Benjamin Harrison
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