The Global Search for Education: Revealing Narratives: Director Ava Bounds on Victorian Asylums and Human Resilience
This month, audiences can screen Beth on the Planet Classroom Network.
The Global Search for Education: Climate Activist Samaira Malik Interviews Nikita Baliarsingh
This month, audiences can screen Net Zero Speaks with Nikita Baliarsingh on the Planet Classroom Network.
Captivating Desolation: A Review of Beth by Ava Bounds
By: Jailene Kontz The short film Beth by Ava Bounds starts off with a woman running away from a Victorian insane asylum. She is making her way home with the help of a nice little boy. However, once she reaches home, she is captured and returned to the institution. It is revealed that the little boy was only an illusion, and perhaps she did not almost make it home after all. The film is visually captivating and pulls the audience in...
Saving the Rainbow Mountains: Advocacy and Preservation in Film
By Ford Melillo Preserving the Rainbow Mountains by Amanda Tuccillo with a voice over by Jerry Camacho is an urgent film exploring the rich history and powerful threats endangering China’s Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park. It does a fantastic job of balancing the wonder of the space with contemporary issues involving ecological preservation, climate change, and human activity, while also providing potential...
Dreaming and Training: A Review of Evan Pretzer’s Box Girl
By Ford Melillo Box Girl by Evan Pretzer is a celebration of confidence, community, and courage. Following the Box Girls gym in Kariobangi, Kenya, the film explores concepts of motivation, growth, and biting reality as they surround a space for women to practice boxing. Centering around one of the club’s earliest members, Sonko, the film also does an incredible job of carrying the viewer through the immense highs and devastating lows...
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