*The renowned program “Reading Rainbow” is currently being honored with a feature documentary titled “Butterfly in the Sky.”
Arriving in select AMC theatres on March 17, the documentary will delve into the inception and production of Reading Rainbow, a beloved program that aired from 1983 to 2006, featuring LeVar Burton as its host.
Per the press release: “For 26 seasons, Reading Rainbow met young viewers in their living rooms, whisking them away on far-off adventures into the boundless world of books. Inspiring and nostalgic, Butterfly in the Sky takes audiences behind the scenes of this beloved PBS children’s series and tells the story of its iconic host LeVar Burton, giving an inside look at the challenges he and the show’s creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television. Reliving the show’s legacy is a refreshing return to the written page. But you don’t have to take our word for it.”
After the initial limited release on March 17, the doc’s full run kicks off in New York and additional cities. It will be available on TVOD (including iTunes & Amazon) starting April 30th.
“Reading Rainbow” received 26 Daytime Emmy Awards for categories including outstanding children’s series and outstanding performer in a children’s series for Burton’s motivational performance, per PEOPLE.
Butterfly in the Sky TRAILER from Bryan Storkel on Vimeo.
“Reading Rainbow wanted children to know there’s all kinds of stories out there,” Whoopi Goldberg says in the trailer. “While it may not be stories from your neighborhood, it’s stories from a neighborhood you should know about.”
Elsewhere in the trailer, author Jason Reynolds says of Burton, “He was on TV as himself, and that’s power. It was saying your stories matter. Your voice matters, which means that I get to watch the show and say, huh, maybe I have a voice maybe I have an opinion. Maybe I have a story.”
Watch the new trailer above.
READ MORE: Surprise! LeVar Burton Learns White Ancestor Served in the Confederate Army | WATCH
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