The Effects of Bullying and a Little Magic.
By Veronique Manfredini Sebastiana, directed by Claudio Martins, is a short film adapted from the award-winning book, “Ela tem olhos de céu,” by Portuguese author Socorro Acioli. It paints a thoughtful analysis of the way differences between individuals and a group can be damaging to both the person considered as “other” and those around them. The way that her town treats Sebastiana for her gift, even though she doesn’t...
I Am Fundi: Shaping Youth Education in Uganda Through Technology
Rhea Mursalin Director Riede Dervay documents an incredibly significant organization, Fundibots, and the impact it has created on youth in Uganda in I am Fundi. This short film sheds light on the ways in which science and technology are taught to ensure children are embracing the ways of the future. Dervay specifically follows a teacher by the name of Victor, and highlights his ambitious desire to make a change in the lives of...
Hello Frisco, Goodbye Clarity
By Tanner Sell Hello Frisco is a comedy-short produced entirely by Ava Bounds. It explores a situation between four young women who are in the woods and come across a young baby who has been left alone. Struck by panic and motherly instinct, they rush to find viable means of nourishment for the child. They descend from the woods and simultaneously descend from mental stability. As their world unravels, things get weird and...
Which Amazon Is More Important to You?
By Tanner Sell There are two types of Amazon, the online shopping conglomerate and the largest rainforest in the world. Currently we are struggling to decide which one is more important to our humanity. In our pursuit of greed and excess, we have simultaneously destroyed the most important ecosystem on our planet, and it is only getting worse. How Can We Save the Amazon Rainforest is a short film produced by GuiJing Jiang that...
The Global Search for Education: Director Lizzie Green on Vocational Training and Job Opportunities for Women in Cambodia
This month, audiences can screen Lizzie Green’s film Women are Gold on the Planet Classroom Network.
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