You and your family are invited to a FREE screening of Xavier Riddle And The Secret Movie: I Am Madam President at 2:30pm on January 25 during the 36th annual KidFilm Festival, co-sponsored by KERA! You’ll also get a free book and can get it signed by author/illustrator Chris Eliopoulos.
And thanks to USA Film Festival sponsors, all screenings and programs are free at the weekend-long KidFest.
See you there!
— The KERA Community Engagement team
Screening of Xavier Riddle And The Secret Movie: I Am Madam President and book-signing with Chris Eliopoulos, co-sponsored by KERA
» Saturday, January 25, 2020
» 2:30pm
» Location: Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230, Dallas, 75206 (Map)
The movie will last 60 minutes. Free books will be available while they last.
36th annual KidFilm Family Festival, presented by USA Film Festival
» Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26, 2020
» Location: Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230, Dallas, 75206 (Map)
Click here for program and screening schedule (PDF).
In this exciting one-hour adventure, Xavier’s sister Yadina Riddle goes on a journey into the past to meet some of the great female trailblazers in history. From those heroes, including Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Amelia Earhart, and Sally Ride, Yadina learns that just because something’s never been done before, it doesn’t mean you can’t do it! Even if that something is becoming the first female President of the United States!
Christopher Eliopoulos began his illustration career at Marvel Comics and has worked on thousands of comics including Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, Pet Avengers, and Cow Boy, all of which he wrote and illustrated. He is also the author of the middle grade novels Cosmic Commandos and Monster Mayhem, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Ordinary People Change the World series of picture book biographies, written by Brad Meltzer. He is the co-creator and executive producer of PBS Kids’ Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.
Eliopoulos lives in New Jersey with his wife and their identical twin sons (when the boys are home from college).
KidFilm is the oldest and largest children’s film festival in the United States. With the 2020 program, the USA Film Festival salutes beloved children’s book authors and illustrators. This year’s fest celebrate diversity, equity, tolerance, the importance of friends and family, animated adventures, imaginative journeys and empowerment — along with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s rights to vote!
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