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The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie

The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie characters

The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie is ELA's latest creation, a mini-movie that incorporates environmental and social-emotional learning—as well as reading and emotion literacy—through the art forms of music, lyrical story-telling, 2D illustration, animation and video.

A diverse artists' collaboration, The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie adds a visual element to The Ducks & Us Song thanks to Art Institute of Seattle interns.

The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie Tour Launch Project provides an opportunity for ELA to carry out its mission to create learning forums to the venue of the movie house, a key tool of culture.

Where to see The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie:

Autumn, 2010
The Neptune Theater, Long Beach, Washington
Sea View Theater, Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington
Shelton Cinemas, Shelton, Washington
Skyline Drive-In, Shelton, Washington

Where The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie has played:
  • Anacortes Cinemas
  • Bainbridge Cinemas
  • Columbia City Cinema
  • Northwest Film Forum's 5th Annual Seattle Bike-In Event
  • Oak Harbor Cinemasc
  • Ocean Shores Cinemas
  • Olympic Cinemas
  • Stanwood Cinemas
  • The Historic Admiral Theater

Check out the trailer!

The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie


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The Ducks & Us In Print

The Capitol Hill Times, North Seattle Herald-Outlook and South Seattle Beacon ran a story entitled "The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie takes flight" in their early August, 2010, editions.

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The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie's excellent interns:

Art Institute of Seattle interns
Art Institute of Seattle interns: Catherine McConnell,
Reese Kindle, Haley Karnes, Nikki Nopens.

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Please send questions, comments, referrals or program endorsements to ducksandus at emolit dot org
or call Pamela Sackett, ELA's artistic director, at 206.723.4887.

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Special Offer: Get your own The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie DVD during our "Cinema Tour Launch" through August.
This is a limited-time offer: $15 (including shipping).
Visit this page for updates on price and availability. All proceeds support ELA's learning tool programs for children and the adults who populate their world.


You can also download the complimentary study guide and read the movie sound track lyrics.

Thank you for participating in emotion literacy advocacy by watching The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie and adding the DVD in its eco-friendly packaging to your own pool of resources!

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Support this vital project! Donate now!

Your support is tax deductible and will put The Ducks & Us Songbook Movie on more cinema screens, rippling outward from Seattle!

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For information on booking a special screening, interactive presentations and counsel on application of The Ducks & Us, please contact ELA.

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