{"id":122504,"date":"2024-02-28T16:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/amc-theaters-to-release-reading-rainbow-doc-butterfly-in-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:36:43","slug":"amc-theaters-to-release-reading-rainbow-doc-butterfly-within-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/amc-theaters-to-release-reading-rainbow-doc-butterfly-within-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC Theaters to Release ‘Reading Rainbow’ Doc, ‘Butterfly within the Sky’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAMC Theaters and Fifth Season are teaming as much as launch Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb\u2019s characteristic documentary \u201cButterfly in the Sky<\/a>,\u201d concerning the beloved 1980\u2019s PBS youngsters\u2019s collection \u201cReading Rainbow<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie, which premiered on the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023, takes audiences behind the scenes of the kids\u2019s collection and tells the story of the present\u2019s creators, who believed the small display screen may encourage a love of studying. The docu additionally spotlights the present\u2019s host LeVar Burton<\/a> and provides an inside take a look at the challenges he and the present\u2019s creators confronted in cultivating a love of studying by means of tv.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe doc, produced by XTR, may have a restricted theatrical launch starting on March 17 in choose AMC theaters adopted by a full run in New York and extra cities. The movie\u2019s digital and worldwide rights have been acquired by Fifth Season. The doc shall be obtainable to observe through VOD (together with iTunes and Amazon) beginning on April 30.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHaving both grown up in Texas, \u2018Reading Rainbow\u2019 not only reflected the diverse cultures that surrounded us, but LeVar Burton also introduced us to other worlds in colorful and magical ways,\u201d the administrators mentioned in a joint assertion. \u201cWe believe \u2018Reading Rainbow\u2019 is among the most important shows ever produced and a true unsung hero of children\u2019s programming. It\u2019s important for us to honor its legacy and teach a new generation about this milestone in television history.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cReading Rainbow,\u201d which was on the air for 23 years and spanned 26 seasons, featured visitor stars together with Maya Angelou, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Bridges and James Earl Jones.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo take a look at \u2018Reading Rainbow\u2019 through [the directors\u2019] lens and share this story with audiences everywhere is very special,\u201d says Burton. \u201cI hope audiences walk away with the same warm, fuzzy feeling I did when I watched this documentary for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTo inform the story of the\u201dReading Rainbow,\u201d the directing duo relied on archival footage and interviews with the present\u2019s varied co-creators and visitor stars together with Burton, visitor star Whoopi Goldberg and \u201cReading Rainbow\u201d co-creator Twila Liggett.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLike millions of kids all over the world I grew up watching and loving Reading Rainbow,\u201d says XTR founder and CEO Bryn Mooser. \u201c\u2018Butterfly in the Sky\u2019 is such a powerful and joyful reminder of the essential importance of children\u2019s literature.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie is introduced by XTR and is a manufacturing of Sidestilt Films and Window Pictures. The doc was produced by Bryan Storkel and government produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Leonardis, Mooser, Justin Lacob, Kathryn Everett, Andy Hsieh, Tony Hsieh, Raymond Esposito, John Brooks Pounders and Dava Whisenant.<\/p>\n

\n\tRoco Films is dealing with instructional rights, and is making the movie obtainable for school rooms, libraries and educators this April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[ad_1] AMC Theaters and Fifth Season are teaming as much as launch Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb\u2019s characteristic documentary \u201cButterfly in the Sky,\u201d concerning the beloved 1980\u2019s PBS youngsters\u2019s collection \u201cReading Rainbow.\u201d The movie, which premiered on the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023, takes audiences behind the scenes of the kids\u2019s collection and tells the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-122504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}