Ida Makes a Movie

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Ida Makes a Movie is a short film written by Amy Jo Cooper and directed by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler. It was produced in 1979 and aired on CBC on September 20, 1980. The story was adapted from the 1974 children's picture book Ida Makes a Movie, which was written by Kay Chorao. It is officially considered the beginning of the Degrassi franchise.^[1]

Plot[]

The National Film Board of Canada is sponsoring a movie festival. Ida Lucas is a nine-year-old girl who decides to make a movie about the environment (specifically garbage), and enter it into the festival. The judges, thinking the film is about war, accept Ida's film into the festival finals. For her part, Ida feels terribly conflicted in this situation, unsure if she deserves to win because of a misunderstanding.

Cast[]

• Zoe Newman - Ida Lucas
• Dawn Harrison - Catherine "Cookie" Peters
• Allan Meiusi - Fred Lucas

Production[]

Linda Schuyler, a grade seven and eight teacher at Earl Grey Senior Public School in Toronto, formed the company Playing With Time in the late 1970s. She championed the use of filmmaking as a way to tell stories. Bruce Mackey, the librarian of Earl Grey Senior Public School, responded to Schuyler's interests by ordering multiple books on filmmaking, one of which was the picture book Ida Makes a Movie, which was written by Kay Chorao. Mackey was unaware that the book was geared towards children, and involved cats. Nonetheless, Schuyler became interested in making a film adaptation of the book, and she sought the advice of then-lawyer and future Epitome Pictures co-founder Stephen Stohn. Schuyler flew to New York, where she met with Chorao and secured a deal to adapt the movie. The script was written by Playing With Time office assistant Amy Jo Cooper. Mackey's house was used as a filming location.^[1]

Legacy[]

After three more annual specials, the films were turned into the series The Kids Of Degrassi Street in 1982. It is retroactively considered the first entry in the franchise.^[1]

Bibliography[]

• Chorao, Kay (1974). Ida Makes a Movie. New York City: Seabury Press. ISBN 0-8164-3121-3.

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