Play Documentary Screening

It's been months, but it's finally time for our next screening of "Where Do the Children Play?" This time, the Children's Museum is partnering with The Pennfield School to present a free public screening of this provocative documentary, which examines an issue of growing concern among pediatricians, mental health experts, educators and environmentalists: more and more children are growing up with few opportunities for unstructured play, especially outdoors.

An audience discussion about the ideas explored in the film will follow, led by Museum director Janice O'Donnell; Aquidneck Land Trust stewardship director Andy Arkway; Norman Bird Sanctuary executive director Robert Cardeiro; Pennfield School athletic director Will Glennon; and pediatrician and RI American Academy of Pediatrics chapter president Dr. Elizabeth Lange.

The film will be shown

Wednesday, October 21
6:30 - 8:30 PM at

The Pennfield School

110 Sandy Point Avenue
Portsmouth, RI 02871

Click here to download a flyer.
Click here to learn about our last screening in June.

For more information, contact Megan Fischer at fischer@childrenmuseum.org.

The Children's Museum hopes to schedule more screenings of this thought-provoking film in communities across the state. Interested in hosting a screening in your community or at your organization? Please let us know by emailing the address above - we'd be happy to help you organize it!