The Dryden will host the 90 Second Newbery Film Festival, preceded by a screening of The Immigrant (Charles Chaplin, U.S. 1917, 22 min, 16mm) with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.

Before immigration quotas were imposed in the 1920s, American silent films often had surprisingly sympathetic portrayals of newcomers. Chaplin's self-referring comedy The Immigrant, with its hilarious depiction of shipboard discomforts and a classic restaurant sequence, is probably the most famous.

Followed by a screening of the Fifth Annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. The George Eastman Museum, RCTV, Writers and Books, and KidsOutAndAbout.com have partnered to bring to Rochester this program of short films by children and teens. Founded by James Kennedy, author of the award-winning Order of Odd-Fish, the festival aims to encourage reading and media literacy among youth through the making of short videos that tell the entire story of a Newbery Honor or Award book in 90 seconds.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Mar-28]