The Lubbock Children’s Literature and Film Festival (LCLFF) is a community-oriented celebration of children’s literature and film that intends to contribute to local and regional youth-based arts programming and raise awareness of reading and viewing as family-centered events. Their goal is to bring families from Lubbock and across the South Plains together to promote children’s literature and film as opportunities for learning, building family bonds, and forging community ties. Leveraging the power of literature and cinema to foster the imagination and build groups of shared interest, LCLFF champions authors and filmmakers that expose the families of Lubbock to innovative and international forms of cultural expression, experienced collectively in a social setting.
The LCLFF strengthens existing relationships we, as Texas Tech faculty, have with several community resources, including LHUCA (Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts) and KTTZ (Texas Tech Public Media). LHUCA, in particular, contributes their Icehouse Theater space to the event as a form of community partnership and co-sponsor, rather than charging the regular rental fee. LHUCA is excited to begin a mutually beneficial relationship, working as a partner to benefit the community by supporting much-needed children’s programming in Lubbock.