BOUNCE: HOW THE BALL TAUGHT THE WORLD TO PLAY

NYC PREMIERE In this wide-ranging and buoyant essay film, Jerome Thélia explores the universal appeal of play as realized in the ubiquity and versatility of the ball. Observing its popularity across time, language, nation and even species, the film’s intriguing multidisciplinary survey of historians, evolutionary biologists, psychologists and sports commentators reveals the ball’s simple, yet profound impact on behavior, from its enabling of socialization to its role in encouraging problem solving and creativity.

This film is proceeded by The Bad Boy of Bowling.