Timun Mas

The story of a child born from a golden cucumber, and a lonely widow’s questionable deal with a magical ogre. A quirky retelling of a Javanese folktale by the 4th and 5th grade students of Crestwood Elementary School in Madison.

Since 2016, the 4th and 5th grade students at Crestwood Elementary have been working in their art and music classes to reinterpret myths from around the world and turn them into short stop-motion films.

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