Lenfest Kids
The 2023–2024 season of Lenfest Kids presented numerous adventures with films of many genres and dove into the world of musical storytelling in film.
In the fall, family favorites like The Greatest Showman and The Nightmare Before Christmas screened alongside cult classic The Princess Bride and a 21st Century “Beauty and the Beast” adaption, Belle. Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and The BFG rounded out the first half of the season.
In the spring, we discovered the sounds of Motown in The Wiz, the improvisations of jazz in Blue Giant, and the timeless anthems of The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night. We also explored the compositions of Leonard Bernstein in West Side Story, and the vibrant culture of Mexican popular music in Coco.
Free screenings of A Hard Day’s Night and Yesterday as a part of the Spring 2024 Lenfest Kids series. Explore the music of The Beatles with these two films on Manhattanville Community Day.
Free screening of 1926’s For Heaven’s Sake as a part of the Spring 2024 Lenfest Kids series. One of the great silent comedies, a wealthy playboy unintentionally funds a mission and falls for the preacher's daughter.
Free screening of Coco as a part of the Spring 2024 Lenfest Kids series. This Oscar award-winning animated film follows Miguel, a young boy with a deep passion for music in a family that has banned it for generations. Shown in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free screening of The Wiz as a part of the Spring 2024 Lenfest Kids series. This cult classic, based on the Broadway hit of the same name, is an urban Wizard of Oz set and filmed in New York City.
Free screening of 1961’s West Side Story as a part of the Spring 2024 Lenfest Kids series. In this cinematic masterpiece, with music by Leonard Bernstein, two rival teenage gangs fight for control of New York’s West Side.
Free screening of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Steven Spielberg’s The BFG as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
Free screening of Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
Free screening of The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman and Zendaya as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
Above: still from Coco © 2017 Pixar