Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 7 Tartan Marketplace, Conference Room 7006ABC
A screening and discussion of this 2024 documentary, directed by Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb.
For 26 seasons, PBS’s “Reading Rainbow” met young viewers in their living rooms, whisking them away on far-off adventures into the boundless world of books. With the help of celebrity narrators and nine-year-old book reviewers, the show’s iconic host, LeVar Burton, brought real-life lessons and honest conversations to life in a way we had never before seen on screen. Despite ongoing funding hurdles and new public school tsting standards, Burton and the show’s creators held tight to their authentic, down-to-earth approach to fuel kids’ lifelong love of reading. Inspiring and nostalgic, this documentary tells the tale of a revolutionary reading movement.
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 7 Tartan Marketplace, Conference Room 7006ABC
A screening and discussion of this 2024 documentary, directed by Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb.
For 26 seasons, PBS’s “Reading Rainbow” met young viewers in their living rooms, whisking them away on far-off adventures into the boundless world of books. With the help of celebrity narrators and nine-year-old book reviewers, the show’s iconic host, LeVar Burton, brought real-life lessons and honest conversations to life in a way we had never before seen on screen. Despite ongoing funding hurdles and new public school tsting standards, Burton and the show’s creators held tight to their authentic, down-to-earth approach to fuel kids’ lifelong love of reading. Inspiring and nostalgic, this documentary tells the tale of a revolutionary reading movement.