Your child is a genius

Deals with the creative desire in every child to draw pictures of their impressions of the world about. The psychological and social values in children’s art are stressed. Samples of child art in the Brooklyn Museum are shown.

Credits

producer/director

David Robbins

production company

Brooklyn Museum

Duration

00:11:58:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1950

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

30763

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Children's art

Crafts & Visual Arts → Drawing

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Creative ability

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Psychology - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1950

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