Schools at the Festival

by Johnathan Gullick, The Nueva School

Animals Undermined

James Herriot – veterinary surgeon and writer – said, “if having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” Craig Foster learned the same thing. His film, My Octopus Teacher, highlights the relationship between Foster and an octopus.

In the early stages of Foster’s career, when he filmed the way that the San master trackers joined the natural world, he concluded that “they were inside.” He longed to be a part of nature, like them, and his relationship with the octopus allowed him to do that. He originally started diving without recording when he didn’t want to experience filming again. He healed because the dive gave him a way to conjoin filming – something he loved – with being unfettered by the daily struggles in life. I too encountered an animal.

When I was regularly visiting the zoo for a project, there was a chimpanzee named Jamie who could respond with gestures to questions or requests such as “Show me your ouchie.” She was treated as unintelligent. Jamie and the other chimpanzees in the enclosure weren’t taught to take full advantage of their intellect, whereas chimpanzees in the wild (which I had seen in documentaries) were.

I realized that when humans feel superior to others, they try to make other beings appear less intelligent than reality. As Foster and I both learned, animals have a potential that is undermined by humans.

Curiosity and discovery would have a huge impact in a difficult time in my life mainly because it would give me a purpose. When you are doing the same thing repeatedly, exploration makes you see something new, which brings interest into your daily life. As Foster learned, his new interest can save you from exasperation with routine. He had time to experience the “pure magnificence” of the octopus.

My Octopus Teacher highlighted the benefits of spending time as a part of nature. It showed how Foster’s relationship healed him enormously. Most of all, it showed that animals are beings.

by Korei Gray, Skyline High School

LET’S GET RID OF THE OPD AT OUSD

“Black youth accounted for 73.8% of all juvenile arrests by the Oakland police department since 2006 despite making up just 29.3% of Oakland’s school-age population”(Public Counsel). The school police have been discriminating black youth for a while now. The Oakland community also have been trying to get rid of the OPD for a while. “Of the roughly 1,000 school districts in California, Oakland is one of just 23 across the state—and the only one in Alameda County—with its own school police force”(McBride Oaklandside). Homeroom is a documentary that focuses on this issue. The movie follows students from Oakland High School who are trying to get rid of the Oakland Police force in their school. This movie brings to light this crucial issue of how racist the police force is to communities of color.

In World War 2 there was a need for workers to build navy ships. In Richmond, Kaiser was building navy ships. African Americans from the south came all the way to the bay area to get these jobs. The white residents of Oakland weren’t happy because the African Americans were here.

To address white residents’ fears, Murch’s research showed, the city government connected several departments, including schools, parks and recreation, and family services, with probation and criminal justice divisions to monitor “troublemakers” and delinquent youth. In 1957, Oakland Unified established its own police force.

This quote means how black students are getting treated differently than the white students. Black students in OUSD were seen as outsiders and treated differently. OUSD created its own police force because of the black students. We shouldn’t have cops in the school because they were racially profiling the blacks.

The main student that the film focused on was Denilson Garibo. Denilson was a senior who was the student director of the Oakland Unified School board. At the start of the filming of the movie, George Floyd had been murdered by the Minnesota police. George Floyd’s death and the protests by the Black Lives Matter movement inspired the students at Oakland High School to protest the presence of Oakland Police in their school. Denilson led these student protests at his school. He felt strongly about this issue because his family is undocumented and he didn’t want to put them in jeopardy. There was a school board vote to get rid of the School Police. Most of the School Board Leaders didn’t want to get rid of the school police. One quote from the movie sticks out to me. Denilson told the school leaders “You’re white, I can understand why you think the police are necessary.” Denilson then went on to talk about why the presence of police is harmful. Both of his parents are undocumented, so the presence of police is life threatening to them because at any moment they could be detained and deported. He is trying to get people to recognize the constant fear that people like him are in from the police.

Denilson’s actions and efforts were inspiring because it showed me how hard he was working and how determined he was to make the school safer for everyone by getting rid of the police. They were able to accomplish their goal even during the pandemic. I agree with Denilson’s stance against school police because they only seem to really pick on black and brown students. Most people who are arguing against this would say that we need more police in schools to keep students safe, but I disagree. The way that police treat black and brown students is very different from how they treat white people. The police represent harassment and they act like they’re above the law. I believe their actions are racist and are life threatening to me and my people.

by Isabella Romeu, Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

My Octopus Teacher Essay

Have you ever felt lost, incomplete? We have all been there, it is in our nature to question what we are doing with our lives. Craig foster is a perfect example, for many years he thought he wanted to film movies with his brother in the desert, but he soon learns the ocean is what he truly longs for. It helped him feel more fulfilled with his life. Me on the other hand feel more complete with a whisk in my hand.

Craig’s childhood connects him to his natural world, his ability to have a life in and out of the water. To learn and befriend an octopus and introduce her to his son, and to teach his son that there is a whole other world in the ocean, and to learn about it with him. Craig has been called to the ocean ever since he was a little boy. He grew up on the “cap of storms” and every year his house would flood with ocean water, and he would enjoy it. Even after going to the desert to film with his brother he longed for the ocean, for the curiosity that it brought in with every wave. Craig felt lost without the ocean, as if he was drifting from the man he was. Craig calls the ocean “another planet”, “it’s like there is a three dimensional forest and you are flying through it”. The ocean was a sanctuary for him to escape his problems and to see things in a whole new light. He discovered there was a whole world barely anyone knows about yet he feels safe, “as if there is a 10 to 15 minute window where everything is ok”.

The pandemic was a hard time for me, moving away from the town I grew up in and where all my friends were. I felt lost so I took to baking to console me. I’ve baked the occasional brownie from a box with my family, but over the past few months I have been baking from scratch. I have learned so much from it too. You have to be precise with everything that you do, it takes time and you can’t rush into it or you will miss all of the fun and flavor. Baking also teaches you that not everyone will like what you do, some people aren’t baked goods people and you have to go out and find people that are.

Discovering new things in life is what makes it so amazing. It gives you new memories and a sense of fulfillment that you carry around with you wherever you go. Craig and I might not have the same hobbies, and we might be discovering different things, but we are still connected by curiosity and the idea that there is always more to learn.

by Lia Cano, Franklin High School

I must draw meaning from nothing; in a world where anything can cultivate inspiration that sows authenticity and ripens passion with success: I am an artist without art. I remiss my graphite sketches and smeared watercolor storyboards. I’m among scattered notepads with character studies and red ink underlined and crossed out on my premature script. I gloss over my fashion designs with mismatched scraps and short snippets of animated walk cycles. And yet, I call myself an artist but with no “definitive” artwork. I shouldn’t expect myself to have already produced an animated feature length film or my designs walking the steps of the Met Gala because in truth, when I hear stories of other people’s art-driven “hero’s journey” like Tyler Scarlet, I can’t help but to wonder about my own “call to action” that’s supposed to lead me to my great “return” or “master of two worlds”.

In any well-known story from the Odyssey to Star Wars, the hero must first become uncomfortable whether they’re told new truths or ripped away from their hometown. For a young adult who must brace the formidable transition between high school to college, I foresee that this is the start of my first arc. During these current times whether socially, politically, or economically, the world needs just lawyers and dauntless doctors; however, I do not picture myself in such noble professions. I am majoring in English in the upcoming fall. I can become a journalist uncovering unbiased truth or a court stenographer documenting specific details of revolutionary cases, but I go back to the little girl who’s only obligation was to passionately experiment. For my future career, I simply wish that the kid who is sitting in front of their screen, consuming my future animated cartoon series, listening vehemently to their favorite character, can imagine themselves containing multitudes.

I cannot recall an experience where I thought, “well, this is the one career I want for the rest of my life” because as I alluded previously, art is everything and anything and my culture represents the culmination of my passions. From the intricate designs of the sacred land on our sarongs to the transfixing movement of our hips and fingers in hula to the beautiful craft and vibrations from the ipu hula, large gourd drums, to the strength and serenity of our voices in chants and meles, Hawaiian songs, to the lacing of kukui beads for any momentous celebration; my mentors are my culture. I am my ancestors before me and my ancestors were artists.

Thus, as I listened to Tyler zealously yet honestly illustrate not only his work for Lucasfilms and his other endeavors, but emphasize that though his own journey may not be curated to fit the “big screens” and fine tuning his art provides needed growth rather than doubt, I realize that we are our own Chosen One: for our narratives, for our journey, and for our own success.

Since 1991, SFFILM’s Schools at the Festival outreach program has created a vital connection between the annual San Francisco International Film Festival and the local educational community, providing students of all ages the opportunity to experience stories from around the world.

The Schools at the Festival program introduces students ages 6 to 18 to international film and the art of filmmaking while promoting media literacy, deepening insights into other cultures, enhancing foreign language aptitude, developing critical thinking skills, and inspiring a lifelong appreciation of cinema.

2021 Program

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Acorns: Tonko House Presentation

Tue, Apr 13 at 10:00 am PT
Online | 60 min

Tonko House, a long-time favorite of SFFILM Education, is an independent animation studio located in Berkeley, California. Their main objective as artists is to create stories that deliver entertainment and awareness for people of all ages. Their latest creation is the short series Acorns, the story of three small acorns on a journey to become great great oak trees. Everyone at some point goes through a life changing transition. The existence of these acorns are the perfect encapsulation of this: Small acorns spread far away with the power of nature, root down to the earth, and then transform into mighty trees many times their original size, and thus starts a new journey. The program will include a screening of Acorns and a behind-the-scenes presentation with Tonko House artists Bradley Furnish, Ryusuke Villemin, and Toshi Nakumura. Students will also have the opportunity to send in questions and follow along with a hands-on creativity activity.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Art/Media, English Language Arts, Environmental Science, Peer/Youth Issues

Recommended Grades: K – 5

Art & Science of Lucasfilm: ILM Art Department

Tue, Apr 20 at 12:00 pm PT
Online | 90 min

This presentation marks the 13th year of our long running collaborative educational series in which experienced professionals from Lucasfilm talk about their educational journeys and the career path that led them to where they are today. Artists and leaders in the field share their expertise in a behind-the-scenes, interactive multimedia presentation that demonstrates the intersection of art, science, and technology in the entertainment industry, all while making connections to current STEAM curriculum topics. Our look at the ILM Art Department will feature Senior Concept Artist Tyler Scarlet, who will discuss designing creatures and characters for film. His work has been a part of the exciting worlds created for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Kong: Skull Island, and Ready Player One, just to name a few. He also has experience creating concept art for TV, theme parks, and VR.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Arts/Media, Career Path Training, Math, Peer/Youth Issues, Science

Recommended Grades: 6 – 12

Calamity, A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary

Fri, Apr 16 at 10:00 am PT
Online
Directed by Rémi Chayé
France | 2020 | 90 min

It’s 1863 and 12-year-old Martha Jane and her family are headed West across the United States in search of a better life. After her father is hurt in a serious accident, she takes charge of her siblings and learns to drive the family wagon. Utterly practical and bold, Martha Jane trades her constricting skirts for the ease of boys’ breeches and never looks back. Her unconventional style and brazenness don’t sit well with the pioneer community, and when the leader of the convoy wrongly accuses her of theft, she must run away to find proof of her innocence. In the Wild, she discovers herself and a world which shapes her into the mythical and mysterious Calamity Jane.

This film is in French with English subtitles.
Screening link(s) will be sent to view film at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: African Studies, Elementary School, Environmental Science, Journalism, Middle School, Science, World/Current Affairs

Recommended Grades: 3 – 12

Program Note: Mild Peril

City of Ghosts: Netflix Presentation

Mon, Apr 19 at 10:00 am PT
Online | 90 min

City of Ghosts, an innovative new animated series from Netflix follows the Ghost Club, a group of curious young adventures who explore the city of Los Angeles interviewing ghosts, solving problems and learning about their city’s diverse culture, neighborhoods, and history. The program will include two episodes of the series, screened in advance, and a behind-the-scenes presentation with showrunner and creator Elizabeth Ito and members of her creative team. Students will have the opportunity to send in questions and follow along with a hands-on creativity activity.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view episodes at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: African American Studies, Art/Media, Asian American Studies, English Language Arts, History, Peer/Youth Issues, Social Studies

Recommended Grades: K – 5

Cuban Dancer

Thu, Apr 15 at 12:30 pm PT
Online
Directed by Roberto Salinas
Italy/Canada/Chile | 2020 | 98 min

At 15, Alexis is a promising dancer at Havana’s Cuban National Ballet School. Confident in his abilities, Alexis already envisions a future of stardom. But when his family joins his sister in Florida, Alexis’s joy at their reunion is tempered by the need to start over in an alien environment. Shot over five years, this captivating, coming-of-age documentary soars on tremendous dance sequences and Alexis’s immense talent as he leaps toward his destiny.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view film at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Dance/Performing Arts, History, Latin American Studies, Peer/Youth Issues, Social Studies, Spanish

Recommended Grades: 6 – 12

Homeroom

Mon, Apr 12 at 10:00 am PT
Online
Directed by Pete Nicks
USA | 2020 | 90 min

Oakland High School’s 2020 senior class faces extraordinary challenges beyond graduation and college applications even before COVID-19 disrupts the school year. Led by an activist student council, the largely African American and Latinx student body demands the school board remove police from campus, a defiant act that eerily foreshadows the protests sparked by George Floyd’s death. In shining a light on these courageous youths, The Waiting Room and The Force director Peter Nicks brings his Oakland trilogy to a riveting close.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view film at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: African American Studies, History, Latin American Studies, Peer/Youth Issues, Social Studies, Student Activism, World/Current Affairs

Recommended Grades: 8 – 12

Program Note: Brief Violent News Footage, Profanity

Lily Topples the World

Tue, Apr 13 at 12:30 pm PT
Online
Directed by Jeremy Workman
USA | 2021 | 91 min

Lily Hevesh delights in creating intricate designs with dominoes, temporary installations that last just long enough to knock down. It is a passion she discovered at nine, founding a YouTube channel soon after to display her colorful creations. Nearly two million subscribers, appearances on the The Tonight Show, corporate events, and various conventions later, Lily is a Gen Z star. Jeremy Workman’s lively documentary spotlights Lily’s inspired, labor-intensive installations and offers an insightful portrait of a vibrant artist and entrepreneur who has turned play into her life’s work.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view film at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Arts/Media, Math, Science, Peer/Youth Issues, Women/Gender Studies

Recommended Grades: 4 – 12

Mum is Pouring Rain + The Snail and the Whale + Zog and the Flying Doctors

Thu, Apr 15 at 10:00 am PT
Online

Mum is Pouring Rain
Directed by Hugo de Faucompret
France | 30 min

Jane, a strong-minded and independent little girl, is sent off to stay with her grandma during the holidays while her mother struggles to overcome a bout with depression. Reluctant and angry at first, Jane brightens as the trip quickly turns into a welcome adventure filled with time for healing, magical discovery, and unexpected friendships.

In French with English Subtitles.

The Snail and the Whale
Directed by Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon
UK | 26 min

The latest from the award-winning studio Magic Light Pictures is a beautiful story of an unlikely friendship, that begins when a snail that longs to see the world hitches a lift on a humpback whale’s tail. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs, volcanoes, sharks, and penguins, experiencing a wonderous celebration of a lush and diverse natural world.

Zog and the Flying Doctors
Directed by Sean Mullin
UK | 24 min

A mermaid with a sunburn, a unicorn who’s grown a second horn, and a sneezing lion test the skills of a trio of flying doctors who are committed to treating all kinds of creatures, real and mythical. Each new challenge is a test that helps Princess Pearl, Sir Gadabout, and Zog the dragon develop into a perfect partnership.

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Suggested Subjects/Themes: Arts/Media, English Language Arts, Environmental Science, French, Mental Health, Peer/Youth Issues

Recommended Grades: K – 5

My Octopus Teacher

Mon, Apr 12 at 12:30 pm PT
Online
Directed by Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed
UK/South Africa | 2020 | 90 min

After years spent filming some of the planet’s most dangerous animals, Craig Foster was burned out and depressed, his family relationships in turmoil. He decided to put a halt to his career to reconnect with his own roots – the magical underwater world of the kelp forest off the coast of his hometown – Cape Town, South Africa. For nearly a decade, Craig went diving daily in the icy cold waters, ditching wetsuit and scuba rig in one of the most predator dense places on earth. The common octopus he met and tracked became first his subject, then his teacher, showing him things no human had ever witnessed. Shot over eight years, with 3000 hours of footage, the film documents a unique friendship, interaction and animal intelligence never seen before.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view film at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Arts/Media, Environmental Science, Mental Health, Science

Recommended Grades: 3 – 12

Program Note: Mild Peril

Shorts 6: Family Films

Wed, Apr 14 at 12:30 pm PT for Q&A
Tue, Apr 20 at 10:00 am PT for Q&A
Online | 72 min

Titles are listed alphabetically rather than in order of play.

This diverse collection of stories is sure to please the smallest members of your family, along with the young at heart and everyone in-between. Featuring a deeply moving documentary exploring race in America, a delicately animated adaptation of a Hans Christian Anderson classic, and a vertically-challenged dinosaur longing to give his best friend a comforting embrace.

A Concerto is a Conversation
Directed by Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers
USA | 13 min
Acclaimed pianist and film composer Kris Bowers uncovers his family history, connecting his grandfather’s journey from Jim Crow Florida to his own musical premiere at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The conversation plays like a beautiful melody, revealing how the struggles of one generation pave the way for the next generation’s successes

Broken Bird
Directed by Rachel Harrison
USA | 10 min
Birdie, a biracial girl pulled between separated parents, searches for her identity as she prepares for her Bat Mitzvah and adulthood. A visitation day with her dad offers an opportunity to invite him back into her life.

Intermission
Directed by Simon de Glanville
USA | 4 min
Trapped in the clutches of lockdown, a quiet and empty London awakens to a beautiful spring day. Nature opens the door, providing soft, dappled sunlight and sweet birdsong that inspires a moment of collective human solidarity.

Kapaemahu
Directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson
USA | 8 min
In ʻŌlelo Ni’ihau with English subtitles
Brought to life with lush animation and narrated through an ancient Hawaiian dialect, a tale unfolds of four mysterious stones on Waikiki Beach, their healing powers, and the male and female spirits living within them.

The Magical Forest And The Things
Directed by Dave Russo
USA | 4 min
A delightful fable illustrating the importance of personal responsibility in a world in which overconsumption runs rampant. Full of magical apple and chocolate trees, giants, and one parent who really just wants to get dinner made.

Tiny T Rex And The Impossible Hug
Directed by Galen Fott
USA | 9 min
Tiny. T. Rex is concerned his tiny tyrannosaurus arms won’t be enough to comfort a good friend who is feeling down. After some deep thinking paired with rigorous physical training, he realizes big hugs come from big hearts.

To: Gerard
Directed by Taylor Meacham
USA | 8 min
A spontaneous sleight-of-hand performance provides an unassuming mailman with a moment to instill wonder in a delighted young audience member. A moving story of how true magic can come from inspiring someone to follow their dreams, even when one hasn’t been given the chance to achieve their own.

Tulip
Directed by Andrea Love & Phoebe Wahl
USA | 9 min
Delightful stop-motion animation fills the screen with a menagerie of needle-felted garden creatures in this adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairytale Thumbelina. We follow Tulip, a child born from a flower, as she ventures into the lush wildlife outside her home in search of where she belongs.

Us Again
Directed by Zach Parrish
USA | 7 min
An elderly man and his young-at-heart wife rekindle their zest for life through dance on the rainy streets of New York City. This latest Disney short incorporates a vibrant funky score and the choreography of award-winning dance duo Keone and Mari Madrid.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view films at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: African American Studies, Arts/Media, Dance/Performing Arts, English Language Arts, History, Peer/Youth Issues

Recommended Grades: K – 6

Shorts 7: Youth Works

Fri, Apr 16 at 12:30 pm PT for Q&A
Online | 77 min

Titles are listed alphabetically rather than in order of play.

Young filmmakers from throughout the world offer up fresh and daring voices in this selection of narrative, documentary, and animated films. From a lighthearted and comedic vision of the apocalypse to a documentary about working and living in Kozan, Adana, Turkey, to earnest treatises on growing up through the COVID-19 pandemic, these films are an introduction to the cinematic future.

A Cure For Humanity
Directed by Jared Fontecha & Iziyah Robinson
USA | 7 min
Two high schoolers put the perilous and disastrous events of 2020 into a larger context of the historical oppression of marginalized people around the world, delivering their message with vigor. The short includes a spoken word piece by Iziyah Robinson.
This is a Bay Area Voice film.

A Loco Vivid Dream
Directed by Marek Ścibior
Poland | 10 min
In Polish with English Subtitles
In a dreamlike series of reflections, time itself seemingly pauses as a teenager documents vistas left vacant by a quarantine in Gydnia, Poland.

Greta
Directed by Sofie Verweyen
USA | 8 min
Sofie Verweyen’s short dramatizes the internal life of a young Greta Thunberg, the film encouraging the viewer to interrogate the ways in which we trivialize the ongoing climate crisis and asks what lessons society can learn from our activist youth.

i hate winters.
Directed by Shivesh Pandey
India | 9 min
In a film that takes a diaristic approach, a young woman expresses an earnest longing for a love that has ended too soon and left her whole world cold.

ILEA
Directed by Samuel Correa
USA | 12 min
In this futuristic short, a young woman, Lyra Bishop, fights the deep expanse of space through intellect and initiative. From her deeply mediated and indoor life, Lyra protects and connects with family through years of separation by navigating one-sided forms of communication.

Just as I am
Directed by Arianna Azzaro
Italy | 3 min
In Italian with English Subtitles
In the form of a personal statement, Emma asserts her thoughts and opinions outright, encouraging us to express ourselves in ways most true to who we are, no matter what traditional feminine stereotypes and gender roles may dictate.

Kozan
Directed by İlayda İşeri
Turkey | 6 min
In Turkish with English Subtitles
Following not only the everyday life of a farmer but also her frustrations and feelings, this film portrays a life in Kozan, Adapazarı, Turkey.

MUSIC FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Directed by Emmanuel Li
UK | 7 min
Emmanuel Li’s uplifting and hilarious short dares to dance in the face of certain demise through a sun-drenched apocalypse with colorful animation and enchanting imagery of the last teenager on Earth.

Stranger Strings
Directed by Ava Salomon
USA | 2 min
A violin virtuoso battles increasingly difficult obstacles as her stunning performance crescendos to an unexpected comic finale. You can hope for the best but always prepare for the worst.

Through Their Eyes
Directed by Alisha Heng
USA | 11 min
Through stop-motion animation, Alisha Heng renders an idyllic setting for a cohabitating wolf and a rabbit that harbors tension at every turn as the days tick by and charming pretense comes crumbling down.

What’s that sound?
Directed by Tanya Cyster
USA | 2 min
Animated with style and wit, Tanya Cyster crafts a short depicting a frustrated cat inspecting every corner of a house to find and stop a mysterious and aggravating sound.
This is a Bay Area Voice film.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view films at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Arts/Media, Drama/Acting, English Language Arts, Journalism, Mental Health, Peer/Youth Issues

Recommended Grades: 6 – 12

Writing With Fire

Wed, Apr 14 at 10:00 am PT
Online
Directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
India | 2021 | 93 min

Investigative reporter Meera emerges as a central character in this moving and triumphant documentary. She is one of the undaunted women from India’s lowest caste behind Khabar Lahariya, an online newspaper and YouTube channel dedicated to uncovering abuses of patriarchy and government malfeasance. Armed only with their smart phones, these fearless journalists roam the state of Uttar Pradesh, delivering unflinching coverage of the country’s extremist Hindu leadership, rape culture, and rampant corruption that victimizes those without voice or power.

Screening link(s) will be sent to view film at your convenience.

Suggested Subjects/Themes: Asian Studies, History, Journalism, Media, Political Science, Social Studies, Women/Gender Studies, World/Current Affairs

Recommended Grades: 7 – 12

Program Note: Adult Themes