Product Description

This episode of Rainbow Soup features a trip to Seattle, Washington, for the famous WOMAD Festival. We talk with musicians from around the world and experience a rare live performance by Peter Gabriel, the1982 Festival founder, as he performs with the Afro Celt Sound System. We take a trip to the celebrated Art Institute of Chicago and learn about Marc Chagall's "America Windows." Our kids get a glimpse of stained glass artists busy at work in their studio. We then watch the kids apply what they’ve just learned by making some stained glass of their own. Finally, we go to London, England, and visit children's author and illustrator Marcia Williams who shows us how she creates her books. Following Marcia, historian and author Studs Terkel delivers a compelling narration of Marcia's animated version of the"Legend of Daedalus and Icarus." In this episode we also introduce "Lil Will" (our recurring animated character; voice by renowned British film director, Stephen Frears) whose Quill "points" our kids to the week’s featured guests.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #187131 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-17
• Formats: Animated, Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 25 minutes

About the Director
Rainbow Soup director Peter Hawley is an award winning filmmaker. His feature film Victimless Crimes, starring Craig Bierko (The Thirteenth Floor, Cinderella Man) was released by Curb Esquire Films. Rainbow Soup combines his love of art and world culture with his love of teaching. Since 1996 he has been a faculty member in the Columbia College (Chicago) film department. His most recent film, "what's two+three?" about his sister Mary Beth won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2004 Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival.

Customer Reviews

Rainbow Soup is an artsy-musical delight!
Rainbow Soup is a highly entertaining children's documentary. You'll learn the art of making stain glass, travel to Seattle and explore the rich, diverse world of cultural music and look into the world of a children's book illustrator.....Highly educational and fun. Ideal for children 7 to 14 and great for adults as well. A must have!!!

An "artsy" Soup for children of all ages.
Whether it's stained glass in Chicago, the Womad Music Festival in Seattle, or a visit with childrens' author Marcia Williams in London, this video magazine with youthful narration will appeal to children of all ages. We hear Cuban music, reggae rhythms, Irish sounds with an African beat, and taiko drums to stimulate our musical interests. The illustrated myth of Daedalus and Icarus, and music by Peter Gabriel finish a world-wide snapshot of art for the young viewer.

This "Rainbow" will brighten your day!
"Rainbow Soup" is terrific. I don't know what else to say. It's as interesting for kids as it is for adults. (My wife wants to figure out how to teach her class how to make "stained glass" windows, whereas I want to hear more from the Afro-Celt band). Art, music, literature, diversity of culture and history; I can't imagine a kid could watch this and not find at least one topic they'd like to explore further. "Rainbow Soup" does everything that a children's show should do, but which most--in point of fact--don't.