Children Will Listen

Children Will Listen (2004)

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The District of Columbia Public School system faces many challenges, including insufficient resources and large class sizes. Although DC students live less than ten miles from the Kennedy Center, many have never seen a play. Children Will Listen shows how some committed artists, educators and colege students launched an extraordinary group of kids in a new direction. The program follows 140 students from seven Washington, DC elementary and middle schools as they kick off the Kennedy Center's tribute to Stephen Sondheim with their own production of Into the Woods, Jr. This was, for the students, a rare opportunity to experience the theater both in the classroom and on stage. Guided by the mentorship of four professional artists, the students participated in all aspects of the production and experienced the history and techniques of costume design, set construction, and acting. Meanwhile a second group of students recorded their journey on film, with their professor Charlene Gilbert.

Director: Charlene Gilbert

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	Bernadette Peters as Narrator
	James Lapine as self
	Stephen Sondheim as self
	Rick Thompson as self
	Cheryl Foster as self
	Rosemary Pardee as self
	Jeanette McCune Spencer as self
	Brenda Ordonez as self
	Meghan Washington as self
	Nelson Zhu as self
	Jamir Foster as self
	James Washington as self
	Jaqueline Kyle as self
	Dora Ordonez as self
	Sarah Foster as self
	Yan Ling Chen as self
	Abdiou Carew as self
	Aziz Carew as self
	Thomas Hartmann as self
	Derek Gordon as self

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