Mar 5, 2007 11:35 AM

Cool people hang out with little kids

While attending WonderCon 2007 and dodging grown men dressed as zombies, I soon found myself in a familiar place, where I seem to be ending up more and more often lately: in a darkened theater filled with five-year-olds. The San Francisco International Children’s Film Festival highlighted short animated films for all ages over the course […]

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