THE LAND
A
Film and Conversation About Risk and Adventure Play
Thursday, October 22 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Rhode Island PBS and the RI PBS Kids Club are pleased to share the following information:
Providence Children’s Museum and Providence Children’s Film Festival present the Providence premiere of
“The Land” – a
2015 documentary short film about the nature of play and risk – on
Thursday,
October 22 from
6:30 - 8:00 PM at Providence
Children’s Museum (100 South Street in Providence).
The film is set in The Land, a Welsh adventure playground where children climb
trees, light fires and use hammers and nails. It’s a playspace rooted in
the belief that kids are empowered and understand their own capabilities and
limits when they learn to manage risks on their own. The film
has attracted national attention after being featured in a number of recent
articles including “
The
Overprotected Kid,” a provocative piece in The Atlantic by Hanna Rosin.
A lively conversation about the film, adventure play and the benefits of
risk to kids’ physical and emotional development will follow the
screening. Discuss ways to foster healthy risk-taking in kids’ play, and
how to provide kids with opportunities for adventure play with panelists
Erin
Davis, “The Land” filmmaker;
Michele Meek, filmmaker
and educator; and
Janice O’Donnell, Providence PlayCorps
director.
The screening and conversation are part of Providence Children’s Museum’s
commitment to advocate for and raise awareness about the critical importance of
self-directed play for children’s healthy growth and development.
The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please
RSVP at
www.ChildrenMuseum.org/TheLand.asp.
