How does the My Love explore the ideas of life and death?
Filmmaker Jin Moyoung discusses what death means to the characters in his film, My Love, Don't Cross That River.
The War Show - Trailer
Radio host Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends and journalists. Beginning with peaceful Arab Spring protests 2011, The War Show offers a four-year, ground-level look at how the country spiraled into bloody civil war.
What's the role of humor in The Grown-Ups?
Director Maite Alberdi explains how humor can both connect audiences to characters and engage viewers with documentary.
How is life changing for people with Down Syndrome today?
Director Maite Alberdi explains how longer life expectancies for people with Down Syndrome are changing their quality of life.
Why did you only show characters with Down Syndrome?
Director Maite Alberdi discusses her aesthetic choice to represent the characters in The Grown-Ups by only showing people with Down Syndrome.
Classroom Clip: A Conscious Adult
Anita’s mother is asking her, “When we talk about the future, what do I always tell you?” The clip later ends with Andrés at his goodbye party saying to Anita, “Both in my dream, and in reality, I wanted to be with you.”
Classroom Clip: Meeting Anita
We meet Anita saying, “Hello,” and boarding the bus to her school. Towards the end of the clip we hear the voiceover of teacher Paty saying, “The important thing is that you guys are responsible for your own lives,” while Anita and Andrés walk down the hallway holding hands.
The Grown-Ups - Trailer
In a school for individuals with Down Syndrome, four middle-aged friends yearn for a life of greater autonomy in a society that marginalizes them as disabled. The Grown Ups is a humorous and at times sad and uncomfortable look at the tragic limbo of 'conscious adults.'
Classroom Clip: Vivian Saunders
This clip offers students the opportunity to meet Vivian Saunders, the founder of The Hive—the alternative school where Jr, Bud, and Dada attend—and get a more complicated understanding of the opportunities and challenges each face coming of age in rural North Carolina.
Classroom Clip: Next Steps
In the final clip of the lesson we see the celebration of Dada graduating high school, we listen to Bud share his struggles with fatherhood, and the next steps for Junior as he becomes a new father and continues to work more than two hours out of town.
Classroom Clip: Making It
In this clip we listen to Dada, Junior and Cheryl, Junior’s mother, share their perspectives on the economic reality of life in their Bertie County and witness their strength and resilience to continue to build a better life for themselves.
Classroom Clip: Junior, Dada and Bud
This clip introduces the three primary storytellers in Raising Bertie. Reginald (Junior), Davonte (Dada) and David (Bud) introduce themselves and their lives in Bertie County, North Carolina.
Raising Bertie - Trailer
Raising Bertie is an intimate portrait of three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County, North Carolina. Like many rural areas, Bertie County struggles with a dwindling economy, a declining population, and a high school graduation rate below the state average.
As an outsider to Bertie, why did you make this film?
Raising Bertie filmmaker Margaret Byrne discusses and reflects on her role as a white filmmaker – and an outsider – documenting the lives of three young African American boys in Bertie County, North Carolina.
How did Vivian's work support the youth of Bertie?
Raising Bertie filmmaker Margaret Byrne talks about Vivian Saunders, executive director of The Hive in Bertie County, North Carolina.
Classroom Clip: Yurok Tribe v. Taos Proctor
Taos explains to the court his history of drug use and his current efforts at rehabilitation. Judge Abby Abinanti offers the court’s support.
Classroom Clip: Taos Proctor and Tribal Court
Judge Abby Abinanti explains that tribes need to create their own models for justice and healing because state court methods are ineffective in a tribal setting. We meet Taos Proctor, who in sharing his experience with drug use, shows that cultural understanding and shared community are essential to rehabilitation.
Classroom Clip: Taos and Abby
Taos continues to work on building a house for girlfriend and son. He checks back in with Abby who pushes him to pursue attaining a GED.
Classroom Clip: Wellness Court
In this clip we see scenes from Taos’ rehabilitation as he spends time with his son and works on building a house. We also hear about his past from the perspectives of his uncle and girlfriend. Abby and the court remain supportive.
Classroom Clip: Tribal Court
In this clip we meet Abby Abinanti and Claudette White, the Chief Judges for their respective tribes. They work to heal and restore their communities as well as fight for sovereignty and independence.
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