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Issue: 1053 Date: 10/28/2010
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LOCAL CHILDREN STAR IN ST. LOUIS FILM FESTIVAL
Documentary, Circus Kids, features ordinary St. Louis children on extraordinary journey to Israel!
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St. Louis International Film Festival will feature the movie CIRCUS KIDS as one of its documentary selections. CIRCUS KIDS follows Circus Harmony's St. Louis Arches youth circus troupe as they travel to Israel in 2007 to work with the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus. These are ordinary St. Louis children who went on an extraordinary journey to promote peace through pyramids in the Middle East.
Circus Harmony is St. Louis' only circus school and social circus program. Circus school means they teach a wide variety of circus arts and social circus means they use circus arts to motivate social change. In 2007, they started their ground-breaking, bridge-building collaboration with the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus. Their flying students, the St. Louis Arches, can be seen every weekend performing at CityMuseum where they are based. This is also the same group that thrills and amazes audiences at Circus Flora every year.
CIRCUS KIDS will be shown on Sunday, November 21 at 1:30 at the HiPointe Theater. This screening will be followed by a Gala Reception at eh Regioanl Artss COmmission featuring aperformance by the St. Louis Arches. There is also a free educational screening on Thrusday, Nov. 18 at the Tivoli. Reservations for this can be made through the St. Louis International Film Festival, 314-289-4153. Combined tickets for the film and gala can be purchasedat www.brownpapertickets.com/event/132412 or via the Circus Harmony website at www.circusharmony.org.
These students showed the world what can happen when you concentrate on what you can build together instead of focusing on what divides you. They are only children but they have a lot to teach the world about what a true peace process can be! |
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