Images launches "Kids First!" screens in Adams and Williamstown

Beginning in October Images Cinema of Williamstown will present Kids First! film screenings once a month for age groups 2-5, 5-8 and 8-12. The Kids First! Film Club is a project of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, and the content of Kid’s First programs are free of gratuitous violence, bias, or inappropriate sexual content.

During the month of October there will be three screenings, one in Adams, presented in partnership with the Youth Center, Inc (located at the AdamsCommunity Center Main Hall, 20 East Street) and two at Images Cinema, at 50 Spring Street, Williamstown. Any questions about this program can be directed to Janet Curran, (413) 458-1039, or Elizabeth Baker, (413) 743-3550.

**Saturday, October 15 at 10am**
Youth Center Inc., Adams, MA
FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992, 76 minutes)

Winner of the Environmental Media Association for Best Picture, FERNGULLY is
about a group of forest creatures who work to save their rainforest home
from destruction. Features the voices of Tim Curry, Robin Williams and
Christian Slater. (Ages 5-12)

**Wednesday, October 19 at 2pm**
Images Cinema, Williamstown, MA
BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE (2005, 106 minutes)

A young girl is able to rekindle her relationship with her father with the
help of a scruffy dog named Winn Dixie. Based on the Newbery Award-winning
children's book by Kate DiCamillo, stars Anna Sophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, and
Dave Matthews. (Ages 8-12)

**Saturday, October 22 at 10am**
Images Cinema, Williamstown, MA
BAKU THE TRAVEL BUG (30 min)
Visit Mexico, India, and Lebanon, and make friends around the world! (Ages
2-5)

NO ROSES FOR HARRY (12 min)
Harry the dog is determined to lose the rose-covered sweater from Grandma.
(Ages 3-8)

THE POT THAT JUAN BUILT (17 min)
Juan Quezada, one of Mexico’s most famous potters, uses his creative gifts
to transform his impoverished village into a thriving artists’ community.
(Ages 7-10)

FAMILIES OF THE WORLD (30 min)
Families of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican children tell about a typical day in
the life of a farming family and an urban professional family. (Ages 5-12)

One of the few year-round single-screen nonprofit cinemas left in the
country, Images Cinema is ever expanding its programming to meet the
educational and cultural needs of the community, while maintaining its
dedication to quality independent film. Images Cinema is supported in part
by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Current happenings
are listed at www.imagescinema.org.

SUBMITTED BY: Sandra Thomas, 413 458 1039
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