We are Rohingya Story Echoes Those of the Other 700,000 Refugees Forced to Flee their Homes
Dec01

We are Rohingya Story Echoes Those of the Other 700,000 Refugees Forced to Flee their Homes

By Will Hite We Are Rohingya is a brief but comprehensive gaze into the horrors that an ethnic and religious minority are dealing with in Myanmar.  Director Melissa Pracht’s powerful documentary is juxtaposed with the hopefulness that her subjects maintain throughout their challenging journey to find a place where they can live in peace. The Rohingya are the Muslim population of Myanmar that originally hail from Bangladesh. Both...

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A Young Girl Makes a Powerful Case for Protecting Nature
Dec01

A Young Girl Makes a Powerful Case for Protecting Nature

By Julian Cao Directed by Adam Tyler, Kids Who Save the World: Clean Air, is a three-minute documentary film that follows and interviews Arya, a little girl who frequently explores Epping Forest in England. Clips of Arya traversing Epping Forest embody the exquisite beauty, vibrancy, and delicacy of the forest and of nature as a whole. Quite notably, the crispness of the cinematography does a masterful job of capturing the serene...

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Koga and Friends: Shelter Centers on How to Use Breathing and Kung Fu to Overcome Fear
Dec01

Koga and Friends: Shelter Centers on How to Use Breathing and Kung Fu to Overcome Fear

By Ethan Thomas Koga and Friends creators David Friedman and Philip Kholos are back with a new adventure of the boy Koga. Koga is a young yoga and kung fu master, always curious and always learning about the world around him. The topics of getting stitches after being injured and rescuing harmed animals can be intimidating for kids, but Koga and Friends: Shelter provides a safe and entertaining platform to be introduced to them. This...

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The Global Search for Education: Human Race ISM Takes a Look at Racism in the Future
Nov19

The Global Search for Education: Human Race ISM Takes a Look at Racism in the Future

The Downriver-Detroit Student Film Consortium is offered to Detroit & Downriver area high school students interested in filmmaking.

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The Global Search for Education: Matt Streeter’s Hide! Is about Learning to Overcome Obstacles
Nov15

The Global Search for Education: Matt Streeter’s Hide! Is about Learning to Overcome Obstacles

I always liked the premise of the 1990 blockbuster feature film Home Alone – an eight year troublemaker must protect his house from a couple of burglars when he is accidentally left alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

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