All Summer in a Day

Series: LCA Short Story Library

Duration: 25 min.

Year Published: 1982

Creator: LCA

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Captures the story of about a group of children who live on a planet where the sun shines only once a year. Based on the short story by Ray Bradbury., Captures the story of a group of children who live on a planet where the sun shines only once a year.

Complete Record: , Set on a planet where the sun shines for only a few minutes every nine years, this science fiction story reveals the destructive nature of thoughtlessness and cruelty. Margo wistfully recalls her days on sunny earth and waits for the rare appearance of the sun. She pays dearly for her sensitivity when she is locked in a closet for the event. Genre/FormScience fiction films. , Based on the short story of the same title by Ray Bradbury. This story is about a planet, not earth, and a time, not the present, where the sun shines only once in nine years. Involves jealousy, peer pressure, hatred, and comes to conclusion with compassion and forgiveness. Will inspire discussion and writing in language arts classes., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.