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Museums of all stripes, and the large-format films that can come along with the educational package, are closed and boredom is setting in.
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MacGillivray Freeman, a film studio that got its start making surf documentaries, has since shifted its focus to educational Imax films. It has a collection of films for rent on screening services such as Amazon and Vimeo, including National Parks Adventure, a Robert Redford-narrated film that serves up mouthwatering views of Americas protected national wonders, and Dream Big, which celebrates engineering and innovation and is narrated by Jeff Bridges.
Giant Screen Films now has three of its educational films online for free. They include Wild Ocean, a film about sardine migration off the coast of South Africa; Dinosaurs Alive, narrated by Michael Douglas, which follows American Museum of Natural History paleontologists on the hunt for fossils and features computer-animated dinos; and Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs, which follows researchers and explorers as they unravel the secrets of Egyptian mummies.
Sure, the films lose a bit of their punch when youre not viewing them on a stories-high screen. But they still look spectacular and hold attention on tablets, TVs and phone screens. And if you need to hold your kids attention for even longer, try using the free educators guides, filled with activities and information, that each company offers along with the films.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/imax-other-large-format-science-films-shown-in-museums-are-available-for-home-viewing/2020/05/01/3e085ed4-8a5b-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html
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