Los sobrevivientes del tiroteo en la escuela hablan sobre las consecuencias un año después del tiroteo fatal
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Los sobrevivientes del tiroteo en la escuela hablan sobre las consecuencias un año después del tiroteo fatal

By Ishana Sen Das Directed by Lucca Vieira, Paisaje modelado: Historias de los supervivientes, is a short documentary centering around a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day 2018. One year after the fatal shooting at their high school, the film shares the perspectives of five Stoneman Douglas High School students who witnessed or were affected by the shooting. They talk about the experience itself, as well as...

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Girls Should Stay At Home de Neel Menon habla sobre el tema importante y crítico de la igualdad de género.
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Girls Should Stay At Home de Neel Menon habla sobre el tema importante y crítico de la igualdad de género.

By Ishana Sen Das Girls Should Stay at Home, directed by Neel Menon, documents the stories of three young women living in Mumbai; each of these women have pushed at traditional gender norms in their own way. We hear from Geeta, who plays international wheelchair basketball, Rajani, Mumbai’s first female detective, and Anita, who is a public officer. We learn about their experiences in each of their respective fields as well as the...

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Visualizar el cambio se centra en el uso del arte para capturar la conversación
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Visualizar el cambio se centra en el uso del arte para capturar la conversación

By Ethan Thomas How do you simplify a discussion in an impactful way so that it records the important ideas of a large group of people involved in a learning think tank?   Discussion and change start with listening. Chris Malapitan, a visual facilitator, altavoz, and artist takes this idea further. Directed and produced by Christopher Scott Carpenter, the short documentary, Visualizando el cambio, gives audiences a deep dive...

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El director Joe Chang utiliza una técnica de animación única para ilustrar la belleza de las aves
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El director Joe Chang utiliza una técnica de animación única para ilustrar la belleza de las aves

By Rishi Mulloth What is it about the nature of birds in nature that evokes this sense of peace and serenity? Tal vez sea el flujo rítmico de sus llamadas, o el gracioso aleteo de sus alas, o tal vez sea la conexión cableada entre los humanos y el mundo natural. Cualquiera que sea el caso, De Joe Chang (comisariada para Planet Classroom por KidsFirst!) corto animado, “The Birds”, artistically displays this innate beauty within the...

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La directora Gwendolyn Hamilton explora el impacto social de las bicicletas
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La directora Gwendolyn Hamilton explora el impacto social de las bicicletas

By Rishi Mulloth “It’s often times a beautiful thing overcoming the difficulties along the way, and making your way up to the top.” This is the inspiring message from Baker Nicholaou while discussing his nonprofit enterprise Bicimaximo, a bike repair shop in Granada, Nicaragua which is the subject of the film, Segundos Ciclos, directed by Gwendolyn Hamilton (curated for Planet Classroom by SIMA Classroom). En esta película, audiences get an...

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