Reading Rainbow, the 1980s kids television series that was hosted by LeVar Burton for 23 years, is set to be the subject of a new feature documentary. XTR is behind Butterfly in the Sky, a film tha…
duo Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb and is produced by Sidestilt Films. Bryan Storkel produces with XTR’s Bryn Mooser, Justin Lacob and Kathryn Everett exec producing.was my window into the big city and into diverse cultures,” said Brett Whitcomb.
”“As a Mexican-American growing up in Houston, I was always surrounded by diversity,” said Bradford Thomason. “More than any show on television,reflected the cultures that surrounded me. When the book fair came to my school, I went straight for the Reading Rainbow titles. I didn’t know it at the time, but the show’s mission statement was manifesting itself in me. I devour books to this day and I know Reading Rainbow had a hand in that.
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