Kid City
Kid City

Kid City

January 01, 1972 | 29 min

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.

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Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Miriam Van Arsdol

Naomi Scott

Doreen Gehry Nelson

Naomi Scott

Frank Gehry

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