Table of contents:
- "Orb of Witchcraft", 2011
- Aldabra: A Journey to the Mysterious Island, 2015
- Amazonia: A Guide to Survival, 2013
- "City of cats", 2016
- "Space Station", 2002
Video: 5 best documentaries that even kids will be interested in
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
What might interest young children? Of course, beautiful pictures, cute animals and mysterious space. And also incredible adventures, dangers, detective stories and a world full of wonders. Today we will not talk about cartoons, but about real films, where the secrets of the universe will be told in an accessible, and most importantly, fascinating language. We have made a selection of the best documentaries that can captivate your kid, give him a lot of useful knowledge, develop his imagination and inspire his own research. Well, parents can rest in peace for these 60-90 minutes.
"Orb of Witchcraft", 2011
This story is really about magic that only nature is capable of. The film tells the story of a boy who spends part of the summer in the village. Not far from the house in the grove, he finds a huge puddle. She beckons him, because it contains the whole Universe: small tadpoles miraculously turn into frogs, clumsy larvae - into chirping cicadas, and dragonflies seem to be real helicopters of space conquerors.
The child's imagination draws whole flotillas of fallen leaves, real battles that take place between praying mantises and other joyful discoveries that only an open and pure child's mind is capable of. And then one day the boy notices that he is not alone admiring this secret world. A real investigation unfolds - now the crumpled grass, now the torn off petal - gradually he finds the culprit. A tender feeling arises between children, even rather a premonition of love - the purest and most disinterested. However, the film is not about that. For adults, he is able to remind about the main ability of the child's brain to create a "sphere of witchcraft" out of ordinary things in our opinion, to feel the language of the wind, sun and flowers. And he will tell the children an entertaining story, shot in close-up.
Aldabra: A Journey to the Mysterious Island, 2015
Somewhere far, far away, in the solar system, there is a mysterious island on planet Earth - this is how the story-journey begins about a magical island hidden among the waters of the Indian Ocean. It should be said that this is a real atoll, the nature of which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as unique. Its height is only eight meters above sea level, and over the past two million years, it has plunged into the depths of the sea at least six times.
This made it possible to create a unique world on its territory, which has no analogues in nature. The film about this mesmerizingly beautiful place was filmed in a manner that is not boring at all. Czech filmmakers told stories, recorded as if from the words of the giant turtle Elvy, the water bird Snooper, Buster's coconut crayfish, as well as sea bass, sharks, moray eels and many other inhabitants. All stories are filled with humor and the truth of life. Therefore, be sure that your little one will not get bored listening to them. By the way, the film will delight you not only with entertainment, but also with wonderful music.
They worked on its writing for four years, choosing their own motive for each hero, and an orchestra of eighty people recorded the compositions. So, after watching, the child will surely fall in love with biology and ask to have at least tropical fish.
Amazonia: A Guide to Survival, 2013
Do you love films about incredible and difficult travels? This is exactly what you need. The capuchin monkey Tim works in a circus and accidentally as a result of a plane crash finds himself completely alone in the cruel jungle of the Amazon. Before that, the little traveler lived in a comfortable home environment, and he could see wild animals only in the circus, and then mostly through the lattice of cages. Therefore, a huge new world scares him and at the same time attracts him. The natural curiosity of the monkey helps it to go a long way along the river, get to know the sloth, look for food with the anteater, hide from the jaguar and the hawk, and beware of crocodiles. Will our hero be able to find a new home and get to his relatives? Will he be afraid of a tropical thunderstorm? Your child will find answers to these and other questions in this fascinating film.
"City of cats", 2016
Usually the story about the history of a place is boring and monotonous. It is quite another matter when … cats get down to business! This film is the story of one of the oldest cities in the world, Istanbul, from the point of view of furry and independent creatures. Seven representatives of this family will take you through the back streets of the Turkish capital, show it from the height of the rooftops, and sometimes from a completely unusual angle for people - a height convenient for jumping into a tree or fishing. For adults, this documentary work will help to make an unusual visual journey. not at all like a traditional tourist route. But children will be able to see more than 200 cute creatures of different colors and degrees of fluffiness, get to know their seven representatives better and learn their stories. Moreover, these will be stories about how for many centuries animals and people were able to get along side by side in peace and harmony, despite wars, disasters and changes of rulers. “City of Cats” is a non-trivial story about humanity, so it’s not surprising if soon your baby will run to hug his cat.
"Space Station", 2002
Do you have a future astronaut or design engineer? Then he will definitely like this spectacular film. And adults will certainly be interested in the arrangement of the space station. At the same time, the frames of the film are not staged and were filmed in real open space, so it is better to watch the film in 3D - the effect will be more incredible. As the audience says after watching, it is almost a dream come true - to fly on a rocket and see the Earth with their own eyes. The dust from the takeoff of the shuttle will fly in you, the feeling of weightlessness will be almost real, and the views of our planet are simply mesmerizing.
In addition to all this, the film is really popular science: it also contains a story about the technical arrangement of a small but so cozy space house, about the dangers that outer space is fraught with, as well as about the everyday life of the inhabitants of the ISS. Such films should definitely be shown to our children for the development of their worldview, so that they can see the vector of development from their youth and strive to become specialists in new high-tech industries in the future.
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