Abramorama, an independent distribution company, has nabbed U.S. rights to the documentary “Chasing Childhood.”
The film, centering on the rapidly changing landscape of contemporary childhood and parenting, is having its online premiere on June 24 followed by a panel discussion. It will be available to rent on digital platforms starting on June 25.
“Chasing Childhood” explores the growing trend for children to be overscheduled, overburdened and overprotected, yet still unprepared for the modern world. It features interviews with psychology professor Peter Gray, “How to Raise an Adult” author Julie Lythcott-Haims, public school advocate and former superintendent Michael Hynes, and Lenore Skenazy, who created the “Let Grow” nonprofit that advocates for children’s independence.
The documentary, which was directed by Margaret Munzer Loeb and Eden Wurmfeld, first screened at the Doc NYC Film Festival and later played at the Annapolis Film Festival, Portland International Film Festival and other regional events.
“We hope...
The film, centering on the rapidly changing landscape of contemporary childhood and parenting, is having its online premiere on June 24 followed by a panel discussion. It will be available to rent on digital platforms starting on June 25.
“Chasing Childhood” explores the growing trend for children to be overscheduled, overburdened and overprotected, yet still unprepared for the modern world. It features interviews with psychology professor Peter Gray, “How to Raise an Adult” author Julie Lythcott-Haims, public school advocate and former superintendent Michael Hynes, and Lenore Skenazy, who created the “Let Grow” nonprofit that advocates for children’s independence.
The documentary, which was directed by Margaret Munzer Loeb and Eden Wurmfeld, first screened at the Doc NYC Film Festival and later played at the Annapolis Film Festival, Portland International Film Festival and other regional events.
“We hope...
- 5/6/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
American children have become increasingly over-scheduled, overworked, and over monitored in recent years. “Chasing Childhood” aims to change that with a simple, but earnest message: Let kids be kids. Margaret Munzer Loeb and Eden Wurmfeld’s upcoming documentary film takes a stand against helicopter parenting and, as one of its subjects states, notes that “when you mortgage your kid’s childhood, it’s a debt that can never be repaid.” The film explores the root causes of helicopter parenting and possible solutions for eschewing harmful parenting strategies and empowering the nation’s youth.
The “Chasing Childhood” synopsis notes that the film “explores a phenomenon affecting kids from a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Free play and independence have all but disappeared, supplanted by relentless perfectionism and record high anxiety and depression. What’s lost goes well beyond our idyllic conceptions of childhood past. When kids don’t play unsupervised by adults,...
The “Chasing Childhood” synopsis notes that the film “explores a phenomenon affecting kids from a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Free play and independence have all but disappeared, supplanted by relentless perfectionism and record high anxiety and depression. What’s lost goes well beyond our idyllic conceptions of childhood past. When kids don’t play unsupervised by adults,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
“Chasing Childhood,” an upcoming documentary on raising children in America, has released a new trailer. The 80-minute film is set to premiere on Nov. 11 via online screening from Doc NYC.
The trailer opens with a scene of an elementary school classroom, in which students share their after-school activities with their teacher, such as hip-hop dance classes, basketball practice and French lessons. The clip also introduces a number of families who open up about their parenting experiences and growing up in a high-pressure family home. Through clips of the interviewees’ childhoods, the film examines how over-parenting across the country — meticulously overseeing everything from kids’ extracurricular activities to academic performance — has resulted in an environment that negates childhood.
In response to growing helicopter parenting and college admission pressure, directors Margaret Munzer Loeb and Eden Wurmfeld follow the lives of families who receive guidance from education professionals on restoring joy and freedom to their children.
The trailer opens with a scene of an elementary school classroom, in which students share their after-school activities with their teacher, such as hip-hop dance classes, basketball practice and French lessons. The clip also introduces a number of families who open up about their parenting experiences and growing up in a high-pressure family home. Through clips of the interviewees’ childhoods, the film examines how over-parenting across the country — meticulously overseeing everything from kids’ extracurricular activities to academic performance — has resulted in an environment that negates childhood.
In response to growing helicopter parenting and college admission pressure, directors Margaret Munzer Loeb and Eden Wurmfeld follow the lives of families who receive guidance from education professionals on restoring joy and freedom to their children.
- 11/9/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
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