Family Films: Not-So-Ordinary Objects

Sat Feb 9, 2019
12:00pm to 1:00pm ET
Age: 5 and older with adult companion
Price: Free with museum admission
Location:
The Museum of Modern Art

At the Museum of Modern Art, enjoy new and classic live-action and animated films with your family. Screenings are included in MoMA admission.

This program is for individual families of up to two adults and up to three kids.

Tickets: Free tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10am on the day of the program at the information desk in the Education and Research Building, at 4 West 54 Street.

Luxo Jr. 1986. USA. Directed by John Lasseter. 2 min.
A baby lamp finds a ball to play with, and it’s all fun and games until the ball bursts. Just when the elder Luxo thinks his kid will settle down for a bit, Luxo Jr. finds another ball 10 times larger.

Bottle. 2011. USA. Directed by Kirsten Lepore. 6 min.
Two characters have a transoceanic conversation using objects in a bottle.

The Music Box. 2010. USA. Directed by Jennifer Oxley and Nicholas Oxley. 3 min.
In a New York City apartment, a little girl is trying to open an antique wooden box. Unfortunately the box is stuck, but the little girl has an idea.

Hank the Cave Peanut. 1974. USA. Directed by Ron McAdow. 14 min.
An adolescent cave peanut undergoes the initiation rite common to his clan: he must capture a wild fork.

Filmmaker Ron McAdow is on hand to discuss his film, Hank the Cave Peanut, in a special Q&A.

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