The Global Search for Education: COMMFFEST Uses Film, Art and Music to Educate on Tolerance
Sandie de Freitas is the founder and president of Commffest Global Community Film Festival, an organization she started in 2005 after working in film distribution and seeing a great number of “unappreciated films” made by independent filmmakers being shelved.
The Global Search for Education: Director Sangmok Lee on The Mime He Created for Love
This month audiences can screen a short film called The Mime from South Korean Director Sangmok Lee on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel. Mime is a form of entertainment that dates back to Roman times. One of the most famous of all mime artists was Marcel Marceau. The most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I, Charlie Chaplin is also remembered for his use of mime in his comedy routines.
The Global Search for Education: Eveline Levin’s Unharnessed Explores a Rehabilitation Program for Youth Survivors of Sex Trafficking.
This month, audiences can screen Unharnessed on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel. Documenting the connection between human and horse, Unharnessed explores a unique rehabilitation program, Equine Assisted Therapy, for youth who are survivors of or are at risk of sex trafficking.
The Global Search for Education: Tim Nackashi’s Film Focuses on a Family Reunion Either Side of the US-Mexico Border
A brief stretch of border fence known as Friendship Park is a place where families are allowed to touch fingertips through the wall while agents look the other way. This month, audiences can screen Through The Wall, directed by Tim Nackashi, on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel.
The Global Search for Education: Filmmaker Maryka Omatsu Exposes the Racism Behind Japanese Canadian Internment in British Columbia
From 1895 – 1950, British Columbia passed 170 anti-Asian laws beginning with denying Chinese, First Nations and Japanese the rights of citizenship. The forced internment of Japanese Canadians began in 1942 during World War II when over 22,000 Japanese Canadians were stripped of their homes, possessions and businesses in the name of national security. The majority were Canadian citizens by birth.
The Global Search for Education: Reuel Rogers Says You Can Be a Hero Too
This month on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel, audiences will find out when they marvel at the artistry of dancer in Hero. Get ready to dance in the wild with this artist from Curacao who’s taken the dance world by storm.
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