The Global Search for Education: Bard Musicians Keep Music Vibrant During the Pandemic
This month on the Planet Classroom Network, audiences can screen musicians from Bard College Conservatory of Music, Isabela Cruz-Vespa, Tobias Timofeyev and Oleg Timofeyev – the Korona Konsort – synchronously perform the first movement of a Telemann Trio Sonata in A minor.
The Global Search for Education: Director Catherine McCord on When She Knew She Was Gonna Be Okay
This month audiences can screen Catherine McCord’s film You’re Gonna Be Okay on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel.
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.
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