"מתגובות הקהל לסרט שלנו למדנו עד כמה דבר אוניברסלי יכול להיות כשהוא מאוד אישי." – לותר קלמנט
The co-directors of להישאר קרוב, שוהן מאוורר ולותר קלמנט, began collaborating as MFA students at Northwestern University in 2016.
Their film tells the story of Keeth Smart, a Black American from Brooklyn who overcame tremendous hardships to become the first American to reach No. 1 in the world of saber fencing. The documentary premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to enthusiastic reviews and was later nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2020 Oscars. להישאר קרוב uses a montage of original home videos, black and white animation, interviews and Keith’s own narration to tell us this inspiring true story in 19 דקות. The film has been featured in a number of film festival school programs.
גלובל החיפוש לחינוך welcomed Filmmaker Luther Clement.
“Our focus was on family connection.” – לותר קלמנט
Luther, please tell us in your own words what you have learned from the audience for להישאר קרוב?
From the audience’s responses to our film, we have learned how universal something can be when it is very personal. The film is made from personal, unique materials to tell this extraordinary family story and we wanted to keep to Keeth’s voice and manner as best we could. We were amazed at how the resilience, הוּמוֹר, and love resonated with such a wide spectrum of people.
The animation combined with the family’s home movie footage which Keeth and his sister Erinn shared with you really enhance the storytelling. Why did you choose to use these techniques for this particular story?
Once Keeth and Erinn gifted us their personal archive we decided to structure the film around that visual aesthetic. The animation and musical score were made more messy to fit the amateur hand of Keeth and the framing device of the analog technology that Keeth is using to show how his visuals became part of the design.
“There are many surface lessons about resilience as well as subtextual lessons about preconceptions of ethnicity and Identity.” – לותר קלמנט
The film is very personal – you focus on Keeth Smart the person and on the family that supported him in realizing his dream. You focus less on the sport of fencing and Keeth’s perspective when he’s fencing. Interested to know why you chose to take this approach?
Any bit of explanation of fencing would have sent us down a rabbit hole, needing to explain more and more for the audience to understand any of our explanation, because the rules of fencing are unfamiliar to everyone. Our focus was on family connection.
How would you like to see the film used as a resource in learning organizations?
We are thankful that our film has been used in multiple film festival schools programs. There are many surface lessons about resilience as well as subtextual lessons about preconceptions of ethnicity and identity.
What’s next for you as filmmakers? What are you working on now?
We are working on a feature film with Keeth and Erinn Smart, among other projects.
Watch Stay Close the film here:
C.M. Rubin and Luther Clement
תודה לך שלנו 800 ועוד תורמים עולמיים, מורים, יזמים, חוקרים, מנהיגים עסקיים, סטודנטים ו מנהיגי מחשבה מכל תחום לשיתוף נקודת המבט שלך על עתיד הלמידה עם גלובל החיפוש לחינוך כל חודש.
C. M. רובין (קאתי) הוא המייסד של CMRubinWorld, מקוון חברת ההוצאה לאור התמקדה בעתיד הלמידה העולמית, וה מייסד שותף של הכיתה Planet. היא סופרת של שלושה רבי מכר ספרים ושתי סדרות מקוונות שקראו לרבים. רובין קיבל 3 אפטון סינקלייר פרסים עבור "החיפוש העולמי לחינוך." הסדרה, איזה תומכי הנוער, הושק 2010 ומפגיש הוגי דעות מכובדים מכל רחבי העולם כדי לחקור את המפתח סוגיות בחינוך בפני אומות.
עקוב C. M. רובין בטוויטר: www.twitter.com/@cmrubinworld
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