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Tom Davenport, Director
1998 85 min. Color
"Does it really work?" says Willa (Snow White) as she watches Chief Tonka, the red-headed "Chief of the Pootiepows" mix his magic formula for the "elixir of life." "It can do lots of things," says the evasive Tonka, "if you believe it can." And so it does. Traveling with Tonka, and Billy, the last of the dancing Buggs, and the mysterious Alfonzo, Willa learns to sell illusions too. But even as she learns to love her motley companions, she is moving toward the inevitable confrontation with her evil stepmother. Will her new-found friends be able to protect her? Certainly, in this Shakespeare-haunted fable, "things are not what they seem." For ages 10 and up.
Willa: An American Snow White
From The Brothers GrimmTom Davenport, Director
1998 85 min. Color
"Does it really work?" says Willa (Snow White) as she watches Chief Tonka, the red-headed "Chief of the Pootiepows" mix his magic formula for the "elixir of life." "It can do lots of things," says the evasive Tonka, "if you believe it can." And so it does. Traveling with Tonka, and Billy, the last of the dancing Buggs, and the mysterious Alfonzo, Willa learns to sell illusions too. But even as she learns to love her motley companions, she is moving toward the inevitable confrontation with her evil stepmother. Will her new-found friends be able to protect her? Certainly, in this Shakespeare-haunted fable, "things are not what they seem." For ages 10 and up.
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The American Library Association's Carnegie Medal for the Best Children's Film for 1998
