Oliver Button Is a Star (2001)
Directed by John Scagliotti
Sub-Genres - Biography, Children's Issues, Gender Issues |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Tolerance of gender differences is the theme of this animated "docuperformance" based on Tomie dePaola's children's book "Oliver Button Is a Sissy." The program also includes performances by the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus of a musical based on "Sissy"; a reading of "Sissy" by Massachusetts teacher Mary Cowhey to her first-grade class; tolerance exercises for children; and interviews with Anne Bancroft, makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
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boy, bully, childhood, dance [art], gender-roles, outcast, peer-pressure, stereotype, storytelling
