MVFF41 EDUCATION SCREENINGS
CFI Education hosts free weekday matinee screenings of a variety of narrative features, documentaries, and shorts programs, carefully curated from the complete Mill Valley Film Festival program for all grade levels and a broad range of subject areas. Screenings will feature guest speakers for post-screening conversations and Q&As, and curriculum guides will be available for select films.
THE FILMS
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BIAS
Friday, October 5 | 10:30am–12:30pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 7-12
Precisely matched to this moment of political and social upheaval, Bias takes an incisive look at the nature of unconscious human bias and its long-reaching effects on social, professional, and cultural norms, and searches for answers as to how we can de-bias our own brains.
Curriculum guide available October 1
In Person: Director Robin Hauser
5@5 THE WAY IT IS
Friday, October 5 | 12:45pm–2:45pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Friday, October 12 | 12:00pm–2:00pm | Century Larkspur Landing
Grades 6-12
In this peer-reviewed collection of youth-made films, today’s teen filmmakers show us just how much they know about cinema, storytelling, and the world as they see it. Featuring films from around the country and from several Bay Area youth media programs, including CFI Education’s own My Place | My Story workshop.
In Person: Youth Filmmakers
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THE HATE U GIVE – SOLD OUT!
Monday, October 8 | 9:30am–12:10pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 9-12
Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is the queen of code switching: living one version of herself in her Black community and another at her predominantly white private high school across town. When she becomes the sole witness to the shooting death of her childhood friend by a white policeman, the two Starrs have no choice but to collide—often explosively. Based on the bestselling novel by Angie Thomas.
In Person: Actor Amandla Stenberg
Invited Guest: Author Angie Thomas
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MOVING STORIES
Monday, October 8 | 10:15am–12:20pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 6-12
This compelling documentary follows six dancers breaking through culture and language barriers to inspire at-risk youth across the world. Traveling to India, Romania, South Korea, and Iraq, the New York-based performers offer weeklong workshops that culminate in vibrant, heartfelt performances before the young students’ communities. In Arabic, English, Hindi, Korean and Romanian with English subtitles.
Preceded by School of Honk
An open community brass band in Massachusetts promotes joy and inclusivity through weekly gatherings and parades.
In Person: Director Robert Fruchtman
THE BIG BAD FOX AND OTHER TALES
Tuesday, October 9 | 10:15am–12:00pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 2-6
A warm-hearted, French charmer with Looney Tunes flair (presented here in English), Big Bad Fox delivers a trio of winning comedic tales set on an idyllic country farm where a number of quirky, occasionally bickering animals are forced to band together as problems (sometimes literally) fall into their laps.
Preceded by Coin Operated
A humble red machine inspires a boy to dream of space travel.
In Person: Director Nicholas Arioli (Coin Operated)
TIME FOR ILHAN
Tuesday, October 9 | 11:00am–1:00pm | Century Larkspur Landing
Grades 6-12
Navigating multilayered prejudice with grace and grit in this intimate and riveting account of her 2016 campaign, Ilhan Omar seeks to unseat a 43-year incumbent from the Minnesota House of Representatives and become the first Somali American elected to a legislature in the United States.
Curriculum guide available October 1
In Person: Director Norah Shapiro
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EARTH, OUR HOME: THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS – SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, October 10 | 10:30am–12:30pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 6-12
Three short documentaries provide valuable perspective on the beauty of the Earth and the responsibility we each have in celebrating its grandeur and safeguarding its welfare: A Word to the Wise, Earthrise, The New Environmentalists: From Hanoi to Paris.
In Person: Director John Antonelli (The New Environmentalists), Director Emanuel Vaughan-Lee (Earthrise)
IT’S A GIRL’S WORLD
Grades 5-9
Wednesday, October 10 | 11:00am–1:00pm | Century Larkspur Landing
Grades 5-9
In the spirit of MVFF’s Mind the Gap gender equity initiative, these short stories from the US, UK, and Australia all feature fun, fascinating, and feisty young female characters—both real and fictional.
In Person: Directors Kerry Skinner & Stewart Alexander (The Bicycle Thief), Director Joāo Pedro Pereora (Galinha)
FROM MEXICO, CON AMOR – SOLD OUT!
Thursday, October 11 | 10:30am–11:45am | Century Larkspur Landing
Grades 4-8
Great program for Spanish speakers and learners.
As part of our ¡Viva el Cine! initiative, this eclectic collection of short films is brought to us by our friends and neighbors in Mexico, in collaboration with the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia. Join us for a lively medley of animation and live action, for both Spanish and English speakers alike. Nonverbal and in Spanish with English subtitles.
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SUPA MODO
Thursday, October 11 | 11:00am–12:45pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 7-12
Black Panther introduced the world to the limitless potential of black excellence and courage, which turned perceived weaknesses into superpowers. Supa Modo amplifies this theme through the eyes of Jo, a terminally ill girl in Kenya, who, with the help of her older sister, realizes her dreams of being a superhero. In a brightly humorous homage to Hollywood, an entire village comes together to transform one girl’s heartbreaking reality into a fantasy-filled magical realm. The result is an a charming family drama that makes you believe in the superest power of all: love. In Swahili, Kikuyu and English with English subtitles.
Curriculum guide available October 1
Invited Guest: Director Likarion Wainaina
COLLISIONS – SOLD OUT!
Friday, October 12 | 10:00am–11:50am | Century Larkspur Landing
Grades 7-12
Precocious 12-year-old Itan Bautista is forced to carry the weight of her family when her mother is detained by ICE in this San Francisco-set drama. Collisions is a breathtaking and timely first feature that reveals the devastating impact of draconian US immigration policy as it falls on one family.
Preceded by Free Like the Birds
The fear of her undocumented parents being deported is all too real for Sophie Cruz, but this young girl is fearless in her fight for their freedom.
Curriculum guide available October 1
In Person: Director Richard Levien
A TON O’ TOONS
Friday, October 12 | 10:30am–12:10pm | Smith Rafael Film Center
Grades 1-5
This baker’s dozen of short films from all corners of the globe showcases the incredible imagination and inspiration of today’s talented animators. Bats that live in libraries? Lemurs that fly dirigibles? A little girl who lives in a zoo? Water buffaloes that give you a ride to school? They’re all here—and so much more! Nonverbal and in English.
In Person: Director Nicholas Arioli (Coin Operated), Director Robin Hays (Post No Bills), Director Mark Smith (Two Balloons)
FREE CFI EDUCATION SCREENINGS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORT FROM
NANCY P. AND RICH K. ROBBINS | BRISSON FAMILY FUND | FENWICK FOUNDATION | HORACE W. GOLDSMITH FOUNDATION