A Web Spun Tight With Polarization: Navigating Digital Politics
By Rhea Mursalin Tanner Sell’s short film, A Web Spun Tight With Polarization, offers a well-researched analysis of the impact of the internet on different democracies and political realities. This film provides an excellent foundation for understanding the United States’ democracy and how it compares to other nations. Politics can be complex and controversial, and respecting each other’s beliefs can be challenging...
Keana Whisby’s Big Data: Corporations’ Tracking and Taking of Your Information
By Amanda Tuccillo Keana Whisby’s informative film, Big Data is Tracking You, discusses what Big Data is, the major companies that participate in Big Data collection, and how this impacts consumers on a daily basis while online. Whisby also touches upon the potential consequences of Big Data analytics if the data gets into the wrong hands. This could lead to phishing, scams, and disinformation which could create long-lasting negative...
Olyvia Young and Drew Borden’s Mangroves and Reforestation: Protecting Nature-Based Solutions
By Rhea Mursalin Olyvia Young and Drew Borden’s short film, What Do You Know about Mangroves and Reforestation, is an informative project that speaks about the necessity of mangroves to our ecosystems. Young and Borden showcase how mangroves can ultimately help our environment, as well as the ways in which humans can work to protect them. This film was done in a slideshow format with a voiceover as part of Planet Classroom’s...
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...
Jonah Elias’ Taking Root: Healthy Crops for a Healthy Life
By Rhea Mursalin Taking Root, Jonah Elias’ documentary short, is an inspiring and essential film that delves into a farmer’s determination to safeguard his community’s health. The film follows Mr. Loi, a local farmer in Da Nang, who adopted organic and chemical-free farming practices out of his sense of responsibility. Through interviews with Mr. Loi, his friends and workers, chefs who use his crops, and the Health...
Listening for A Sonic Pulse
By Tanner Sell A Sonic Pulse is a short film produced by Dorothy Allen-Pickard and Antoine Marinot that details the lives of deaf people as they pursue and discover their ability to express through music. Deep vibrations in the club and the production studio give them a unique ability to experience the wonders of live music. This inside look provides everyone with an idea of what it means to be human: disabled or not. ...
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