FYI,

 

A number of NJ youth created videos for the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. Here’s the announcement about the virtual screening:

 

The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds (adults can help). These movies often have a creative twist—think Charlotte’s Web in the style of a horror movie, or Ramona and Her Father reimagined as a musical, or Bridge to Terabithia done in stop-motion animation!

 

Since 2011, the 90-Second Newbery has shown the best kid-made movies in annual events across the country, at screenings attended by hundreds in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and a dozen other cities—and now including New Jersey! These free events are full-scale stage shows with skits and commentary and music that honors the kids’ movies, hosted by film festival founder James Kennedy (author of The Order of Odd-Fish) and other award-winning and bestselling authors.

 

This year, because of Covid, most screenings will be online. New Jersey's first 90-Second Newbery screening, featuring the best movies made by kids from New Jersey and around the country, will be April 30, 2022 at 3 pm EST, and you can find it here: https://jameskennedy.com/the-new-jersey-2022-90-second-newbery-online-screening/

 

Learn more about the 90-Second Newbery at http://www.90secondnewbery.com.

 

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After the 3 PM screening, the video will remain on the YouTube site so anyone can watch it their leisure if they miss the initial screening.

Congratulations to all the NJ youth who submitted videos! I can’t wait to see them.

 

~Sharon

 

All the best,

 

Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

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