Awards: Best Animated Feature Film, Academy Awards; Best Original Song, Academy Awards; Best Motion Picture – Animated, Golden Globes; Family Feature Film, Humanitas Prize

Coco, a Disney Pixar animated classic bursting with vibrant color and memorable music, tells the story of Miguel as he dreams of becoming a famous musician despite his family’s generational ban on music. On Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), Miguel finds himself transported from his hometown in Mexico to the bustling Land of the Dead, where he must find his musical idol Ernesto de la Cruz, and get his blessing to return to the land of the living before it is too late. Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, this perfect-for-all-ages Academy Award-winning film touches on the deep importance of familial connections and the power of music as a form of remembrance and celebration. (Written by Samantha Manogue ’26)