La réalisatrice de Can’t Hide Me se concentre sur les femmes en Inde qui sortent et avancent pour faire de leurs rêves une réalité
By Will Hite In India, millions of women living under its patriarchal society are told to stay inside as much as possible and tend to familial duties such as cooking, nettoyage, and finding a husband. Autrement, they are subject to men outside their family and have a chance of ruining their family’s honor. While many women continue to face significant challenges when it comes to their personal freedom, what happens to...
La performance de Moon River par Esther Roestan innove un classique intemporel
By Will Hite First performed by Audrey Hepburn on an acoustic guitar in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Henry Mancini’s ‘Moon River’ helped the film become a timeless classic about love. While many singers would cover the song, as its themes of being “…after the same rainbow’s end” still ring true, the musical score Mancini composed evokes equally as much colorfully romantic imagery. Esther Roestan, a student...
Une étudiante du Malawi s'inquiète pour son avenir dans un monde où tout est question de connexions
by Lexi Portner “I’m scared because there might not be a future,” says high school student Tamika, “because in reality in Malawi and other developing countries and worldwide… you need to know someone in order for you to get by.” In Nepotism: My Worst Fear (en cours de projection sur la chaîne YouTube du Planet Classroom Network), Tamika, a high school student from the Mzuzu International Academy in Malawi, delivers a...
Un jeune cinéaste se concentre à la fois sur les avantages et les inconvénients de la consommation de plastique
By Lexi Portner Is plastic always bad? Par exemple, qu'en est-il de ses bienfaits en médecine et en santé publique pendant la pandémie de coronavirus? Comment la société abuse-t-elle du plastique rentable? Quelles sont les options biodégradables pour les emballages en plastique? Le court métrage en stop motion, Plastique: Méchant ou Héros (en cours de projection sur la chaîne YouTube du Planet Classroom Network), focuses on why plastic is not a black and white...
Des jeunes militants nous demandent d'éviter la paille jetable
By Lexi Portner In the US alone we use about 500 million straws a day. “That’s enough to fill 46,000 big school buses a year,” according to Milo Cress. Milo has made the reduction of single-use plastic straws a personal mission. The Last Straw is one of eight stories that cover youth activism focusing on sustainability and the environment created by Young Voices for the Planet (YVFP) Fondateur, Author and Illustrator Lynne...
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