The Global Search for Education: Directors Justin and Kristin Schaack on Falling in Love with Fairy Tail
This month audiences can screen Fairy Tail (curated for Planet Classroom by KIDS FIRST), a unique and comical short film directed, written and produced by Justin and Kristin Schaack. The film stars Leslie Vincent and Andy Rocco Kraft. In this story, a hopeless romantic falls for a rather surprising, and furry, companion. Viewers are taken through this young women’s daydream of her future with her new love, only to be met with a whole new surprise. Putting a fun twist on the common trope of love at first sight, Fairy Tail is an amusing tale that is entertaining to watch at any age.
The Global Search for Education: Director David Hutchinson on Why the Martial Arts Are Like the Gospel
This month audiences can view David Hutchinson’s The Gospel of Combat, a short documentary about an East African martial artist, Benedict “Ben Sensei” Kiyagi.
The Global Search for Education: Director Shayna Zaidi Gupta Wants Us to Focus on the Good and the Bad Points of Plastic
Scientists believe that 8.8 million tons of plastic wind up in our oceans every day. Single use plastic accounts for more than 40 percent of plastic trash and this is damaging our planet. Plastic has many benefits and that’s why we use it for bike helmets, car airbags, food containers, baby bottles, syringes and more. So is plastic a bad thing or a good thing for our world?
The Global Search for Education: Director Vaida Blazyte is Focused on the Rights of Persons with Albinism.
Blazyte’s documentary film raises awareness about the condition of albinism. Albinism exists everywhere in the world. People with it are capable of doing everything normal people do. Despite this, “colorless” African artists living in Tanzania fight against stigmatization. In recent years there have been killings of people with albinism caused by myths and superstitions that certain body parts of Albinos transmit magical powers. Another problem facing Albinos in Tanzania is skin cancer. The Albino Revolution Cultural Troupe, which was formed in 2000, organizes musical and theater performances at conferences, cultural events and campaigns to raise awareness and fight prejudice against Albinos.
The Global Search for Education: Producer and Creator of Apples and Oranges Discuss Teaching Acceptance in a Polarized World
This month audiences can screen Apples and Oranges on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel. The film won the National Award in India for the Best Educational Film this year.
The Global Search for Education: Educator in Taipei Gives Young People the Opportunity to Make Videos on Social Issues They Care About.
Young people care deeply about global challenges and they want to be a part of the solution. This month on the Planet Classroom YouTube Channel, audiences can screen the short film, Saving Africa With Featured Flight – a youth production that serves as an innovative example of the ideas that can be generated by creative young minds to benefit the health of our world.