Newbery Film Festival: Chicago Style

As part of the third American Writers Festival, which takes place all day on Saturday, June 7, CLHOF will team up with James Kennedy to highlight young filmmakers's short adaptations of Newbery award-winning books The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is an annual video contest in which young readers create short movies that tell the entire stories of their chosen book. Creative takes have included Charlotte's Web as a horror movie and The Tale of Desperaux as a musical. For 15 years, the 90-Second Newbery has screened the best of these kid-made movies in New York, Chicago, Boston, San Antonio, and many other cities. James, who founded the festival, will host this special installment, which will focus on the best, funniest, and most impressive movies with strong Chicago connections. 

James Kennedy is the author of Bride of the Tornado, which the Chicago Tribune named one of the "Top 10 Books of 2023." James' other novels include Dare To Know, which was named by the Times Saturday Review as their "Best Sci-Fi Book of 2021," and the young adult fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish. He also hosts the Secrets of Story podcast with Matt Bird. Find him online at http://www.jameskennedy.com.

More details to come.