Film/Video (11)
Expressions of Aboriginal Youth
[ Categories: Aboriginal Issues : British Columbia : Canada : Vancouver : Film/Video : Learning Resource Guides : Organizations : Websites ]
Expressions of Aboriginal Youth
Focusing on the visions and views of three emerging First Nations artists, this piece explores the role video is playing in helping Native youth tell their stories, recover their culture and develop their voices.
This video is produced by the Access to Media Education Society's Peer Perspective Program, and is available for viewing online, or copies can be ordered.
Classroom facilitations are also available with this program and feature thought-provoking discussion around the issues raised in the video. In addition, the group has developed learning resource packages for teachers.
LEARNING PACKAGE SAMPLE (pdf format, approx 300K)
Outlet: Queer Youth Speak Up
[ Categories: British Columbia : Canada : Vancouver : Anti-homophobia : Film/Video : Learning Resource Guides : Websites ]
Outlet gives audiences the straight goods on growing up queer in a heterosexual world. Featuring candid stories about the challenges of coming out, Outlet reminds us how complex identity is and how rarely people are supported in exploring it. Above all, this video celebrates people for having the courage to be true to themselves--whatever their orientation.
This video is produced by the Access to Media Education Society's Peer Perspective Program, and is available for viewing online, or copies can be ordered.
Classroom facilitations are also available with this program and feature thought-provoking discussion around the issues raised in the video. In addition, the group has developed learning resource packages for teachers.
LEARNING PACKAGE SAMPLE (pdf format, approx 300K)
Racism for Reel - Media for Change
[ Categories: British Columbia : Canada : Anti-racism : Film/Video : Websites ]
Equipped with cameras, a diverse group of BC youth set out to expose the realities of internalized and systemic racism and find ways to help dismantle and overcome it. Featuring vignettes both comical and disturbing, Racism for Reel is a fast-paced and candid examination of racial biases expressed through the media and in everyday life.
This video is produced by the Access to Media Education Society's Peer Perspective Program, and is available for viewing online, or copies can be ordered.
Classroom facilitations are also available with this program and feature thought provoking discussion around the issues raised in the video. In addition, the group has developed learning resource packages for teachers.
LEARNING PACKAGE SAMPLE (pdf format, approx 300K)
Peers Recognizing and Resisting Discrimination
[ Categories: Aboriginal Issues : Canada : Anti-racism : Film/Video : Learning Resource Guides ]
Peers Recognizing and Resisting Discrimination; preventing and intervening in
verbal and physical racial violence.
This is a down-to-earth workshop about real issues that affect the participants. The objective is " to empower us to recognize and resist verbal and physical violence, and specifically racial violence."
Download the lesson plan here and the "PowerFlower" attachment (both in pdf format)
All were created by Gabrielle Martin for the AMES Peer Perspective program.
Diversity Learning
[ Categories: Aboriginal Issues : British Columbia : Canada : Vancouver : Anti-homophobia : Anti-racism : Books : Film/Video : Learning Resource Guides : Websites ]
Designed for and by teachers, this website has links to hundreds of resources, lesson plans and learning activities on eliminating racism and promoting diversity that have been catalogued by subject/curricula and grade level. These lessons and activities cover a variety of topics, including multiculturalism, human rights, gender equity, global awareness and many other related issues.
A Scattering of Seeds - The Creation of Canada
[ Categories: Canada : Anti-racism : Film/Video : Learning Resource Guides : Websites ]
A Scattering of Seeds - The Creation of Canada is a series of 52 documentary films exploring the dreams, daring and determination of Canada's first immigrants. It is a journey into the hopes and triumphs of those who built a nation, interpreted by Canada's best independent documentary filmmakers.
The website includes descriptions of each episode, relevant articles, teacher resources, forums and related links.
"Tolerance in Films" (UNESCO)
[ Categories: Outside Canada : Anti-racism : Film/Video ]
Education International and UNESCO have released a directory of films on tolerance for teachers.
A brief guide accompanies the list online.
NFB Film Catalogues On-line
[ Categories: Canada : Anti-racism : Film/Video ]
Search by index through the NFB (National Film Board's) collections of films. 'Cultural diversity and multi-culturalism' , for example, is a good place to start.
The Business of Fancydancing
[ Categories: Aboriginal Issues : Outside Canada : Film/Video ]
Sherman Alexie, (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene), “The Business of Fancydancing” (2002).
"A poetic story of growth, death and the choices that define us, The Business of Fancydancing reunites Spokane Reservation best friends Aristotle Joseph (Gene Tagaban) and Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams) sixteen years after their high school graduation." (from above site)
Smoke Signals
[ Categories: Aboriginal Issues : Outside Canada : Film/Video ]
Sherman Alexie, (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene), “Smoke Signals” . 1999.
Set in Arizona, Smoke Signals is the story of two Indian boys on a journey. Victor (Adam Beach) is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas (Evan Adams) is a gregarious, goofy young man who lost both his parents in a fire at a very young age. Through storytelling, Thomas makes every effort to connect with the people around him; Victor, in contrast, uses his quiet countenance to gain strength and confidence. When Victor's estranged father dies, the two men embark on an adventure to Phoenix to collect the ashes. Along the way, Smoke Signals illustrates the ties that bind these two very different young men and embraces the lessons they learn from one another. (summary from website above)
Spark Initiative at the NFB
[ Categories: Aboriginal Issues : Canada : Anti-racism : Film/Video ]
Reel Diversity site of the National Film BoardThe Spark Initiative is a way for the National Film Board of Canada to provide increased support for emerging filmmakers and mid-career professionals from culturally diverse and Aboriginal communities.