The Global Search for Education: Director Juan Mejia Botero Addresses Rewriting Race History in America
Directed by Juan Mejia Botero, Abbeville: Lynching in America, can be screened on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel this month. The film documents the remarkable journey of a family and community to overcome a century of silence and a story about racial injustice and the healing power of truth.
The Global Search for Education: Director Ejun Hong Creates a Moving Tribute to the Love between a Mother and Son
South Korean Director Ejun Hong’s 92 year-old grandfather lost his mother when he was only 3 years old. Hong’s grandfather developed Alzheimer’s disease and started losing his precious memories, and so Hong wanted to create a film that paid tribute to him and his life. Perhaps most important, she wanted to shine a light on the love between a mother and son that she believes never fades away.
The Global Search for Education: Directors Justin and Kristin Schaack on Falling in Love with Fairy Tail
This month audiences can screen Fairy Tail (curated for Planet Classroom by KIDS FIRST), a unique and comical short film directed, written and produced by Justin and Kristin Schaack. The film stars Leslie Vincent and Andy Rocco Kraft. In this story, a hopeless romantic falls for a rather surprising, and furry, companion. Viewers are taken through this young women’s daydream of her future with her new love, only to be met with a whole new surprise. Putting a fun twist on the common trope of love at first sight, Fairy Tail is an amusing tale that is entertaining to watch at any age.
The Global Search for Education: Director David Hutchinson on Why the Martial Arts Are Like the Gospel
This month audiences can view David Hutchinson’s The Gospel of Combat, a short documentary about an East African martial artist, Benedict “Ben Sensei” Kiyagi.
The Global Search for Education: Director Shayna Zaidi Gupta Wants Us to Focus on the Good and the Bad Points of Plastic
Scientists believe that 8.8 million tons of plastic wind up in our oceans every day. Single use plastic accounts for more than 40 percent of plastic trash and this is damaging our planet. Plastic has many benefits and that’s why we use it for bike helmets, car airbags, food containers, baby bottles, syringes and more. So is plastic a bad thing or a good thing for our world?
The Global Search for Education: Director Barb Hoffman on Finding the Keys for Inspiration
Schoolwork is important but what happens when you’re stuck in the library with a 3000 word essay due in a few hours and you’re both frustrated and not sure how to begin.
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