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Kid City (1972)

Name: Kid City
Director: Jon Boorstin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1972-01-01
Duration: 29 min
Cast: Miriam Van Arsdol, Doreen Gehry Nelson, Frank Gehry

IMDb 0.00h 29mDocumentary

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Plot Summary

Documentarian Jon Boorstin follows architect Frank Gehry and his sister, Doreen Gehry Nelson, as they attempt a new method of teaching elementary school children in Los Angeles. With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the siblings work together on a pilot program of “design-based learning” that would restructure the typical classroom curriculum, replacing rote math or civics lessons with an imaginary city designed and built entirely by the students themselves. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive.