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The Time Out Chair

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Directed by
  
Josh Selig

Music by
  
Mark Suozzo

Country
  
United States

Screenplay
  
Josh Selig

Distributed by
  
Tribeca Film Institute

Written by
  
Josh Selig

Running time
  
6

Director
  
Josh Selig

Music director
  
Mark Suozzo

Release date
  
May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)

Production company
  
Little Airplane Productions

The Time-Out Chair is a short film written and directed by Josh Selig in 2002. It premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival and was later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.

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Synopsis

The film follows a preschool-aged girl who leaves her classroom after being sent to the time-out chair. She spends the afternoon in the East Village of New York, dragging the chair behind her.

Release

The Time-Out Chair was originally screened at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. The Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan acquired the film in 2004. It was included as part of the museum's family film screening on January 15, 2011. It was featured as the second short in MoMA's "Figuring Out Feelings" series on March 5, 2016.

References

The Time-Out Chair Wikipedia