Mike Connaris’ I Am Odd Helps Raise Awareness for Autistic Children
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Mike Connaris’ I Am Odd Helps Raise Awareness for Autistic Children

By Grace Madover I am Odd began as a poem written by a 10 year old autistic boy, Ben Giroux. The poem went viral and inspired producer Mike Connaris to turn it into a song and eventually a video. The poem is about Ben’s life as an autistic boy, feeling out of place and different around other kids his age. rory russell, un 20 year old student animator, was commissioned to create an animated 2D music video to complement the...

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Una historia de sostenibilidad ambiental de las tierras altas de Gamo en Etiopía
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Una historia de sostenibilidad ambiental de las tierras altas de Gamo en Etiopía

By Rishi Mulloth The people of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley are a unique group that has been isolated from the modern world, but have remained culturally and biologically unscathed. These people have been growing their society for 10,000 años, and have done so in a sustainable manner, living with their surroundings rather than in spite of them. From Director Stephen Marshall, Mil soles (curated for the...

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Ming Ming’s Magical Friend Helps Her Fit Into Her New Community
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Ming Ming’s Magical Friend Helps Her Fit Into Her New Community

By Rishi Mulloth Moving homes can be a scary and daunting transition for a young child to embark on. Sin embargo, the new challenge can also lead to positive change. Lucky, from Director Alexis Wong, is an animated short film that tells the story of a young girl named Ming Ming who isn’t feeling too great with her new home and neighborhood. While rummaging through some of the moving boxes, Ming Ming finds a book on ancient lion...

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Pangolín colgando: La alarmante situación del mamífero más traficado del mundo
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Pangolín colgando: La alarmante situación del mamífero más traficado del mundo

By Alex Silverman From Adam Hersko-Ronatas and Elodie Freymann comes a short animated film, Pangolín colgando, sobre el mamífero más traficado del mundo, el pangolín. Voz de Felege Gebru. Música de Warner Meadows y Ezemdi Akalonu. Los pangolines a menudo se describen como "osos hormigueros escamosos" porque son muy traficados por sus escamas.. A menudo, Las escamas se utilizan para alimentos y afrodisíacos.. They have long been used in...

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Jonathan Comfort y Szu-Ying Huang interpretan música de Claude Debussy a los poemas de François Villon
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Jonathan Comfort y Szu-Ying Huang interpretan música de Claude Debussy a los poemas de François Villon

By Grace Madover From the Bard Conservatory, Trois Ballades de François Villon is a performance of three different ballades, written by François Villon. The music is composed by one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Each ballade is harmoniously performed by vocalist Jonathan Comfort, and pianist Szu-Ying Huang. These two talented musicians come together for the 12-minute performance....

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