Our Class Makes a Film: We Travel with Marco Polo

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Sigma Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This film follows each step in the production of a 16mm film on the travels of Marco Polo made by seventh graders, and shows the motion picture the students made. Willis Simms’ 7th Grade Art Class at Hughes Jr. High School in Woodland Hills, California, is shown crafting papier-mâché figures and painted backdrops for a film that was made over two semesters. Music by Robert Clark, narration by daughter Ellen Simms and neighbor Kenneth Jones. Distributed by ACG. For more on Simms, visit http://www.afana.org/simmswillis.htm