Yemen Needs Our Help
By Tanner Sell The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen is a short video produced by Charlie Parker and Grace Graham that outlines the conflict that continues daily. After nearly a decade of war, the country faces staggeringly poor conditions of famine and displacement. The people of Yemen have been subjected to a lifestyle that is nothing less than torture, and the responsibility now lies on the rest of the world to step up. Charlie and...
Carol Comes to America
By: Amanda Tuccillo Moving away from home is an extremely tough decision. Moving to another country on the opposite side of the world, far away from your family, friends, and anyone you’ve ever known is an even tougher one. Carol, directed by May-Lynn Le, features the story of a young woman named Carol who leaves her home and family in Shanghai, China to come to the United States of America to pursue her dreams of creating...
Candice Lee’s Everything You Need to Know About Long Covid-19
By: Amanda Tuccillo Covid-19, an infection that quickly turned into a pandemic, led to a worldwide shutdown in March of 2020. Symptoms included fever or chills, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, headaches, and a loss of taste or smell, among many others. While symptoms typically last for about one to two weeks for most, around 16 million people unfortunately suffer from “Long Covid.” In a short film titled, Everything You...
Technology to Save the Oceans
By Veronique Manfredini It is a race against time to save the oceans that feed us, regulate our climate, act as a transportation system, and generate much of the oxygen we breathe, from global warming. What Technologies Are Helping to Save Our Oceans? by Esmerelda Hernandez De La Torre is a thoughtful analysis of the technologies available to man to address global warming and save the ocean. The information is well-researched, the...
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...
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...
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