Free to be you and me : Expectations

Duration: 0:15:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1974

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films | Ms Foundation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents cartoons, puppetry, and musical segments which emphasize the variety of career and social options open to children of both sexes. Shows the confusion caused by sex stereotypes when a dainty pink boy-baby characterizes himself as a girl and his bald nursery companion as a boy. Encourages children to set goals and choose roles suitable to themselves rather than those acceptable to society. Features Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Roberta Flack, Mel Brooks, Michael Jackson and The New Seekers., Through song, story, and skit Mario Thomas and Friends pursue their purpose of overthrowing sex stereotypes, reminding children and adults alike that it's "all right" for girls to win footraces, for boys to play with dolls, for women to be doctors, for men to cry. Received the Emmy Award as the best children's TV special for 1973.

Complete Record: , Presents cartoons, puppetry, and musical segments which emphasize the variety of career and social options open to children of both sexes. Shows the confusion caused by sex stereotypes when a dainty pink boy-baby characterizes himself as a girl and his bald nursery companion as a boy. Encourages children to set goals and choose roles suitable to themselves rather than those acceptable to society. Features Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Roberta Flack, Mel Brooks, Michael Jackson and The New Seekers., Through song, story, and skit Mario Thomas and Friends pursue their purpose of overthrowing sex stereotypes, reminding children and adults alike that it's "all right" for girls to win footraces, for boys to play with dolls, for women to be doctors, for men to cry. Received the Emmy Award as the best children's TV special for 1973.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.