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Media Education (Ages 18+)

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This playlist aids in the understanding of media education and how the constructed nature of the story exemplifies a variety of ways in which media can tell stories. Films in This Playlist Include Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows Angry Inuk Pink Ribbons Inc. Stories We Tell RiP: A Remix Manifesto Capturing Reality Growing Up Canadian: Media

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Media Education (Ages 18+)

This playlist aids in the understanding of media education and how the constructed nature of the story exemplifies a variety of ways in which media can tell stories.

Films in This Playlist Include
Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
Angry Inuk
Pink Ribbons Inc.
Stories We Tell
RiP: A Remix Manifesto
Capturing Reality
Growing Up Canadian: Media

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  • Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
    Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
    Mathieu Fournier 2022 1 h 19 min
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  • Angry Inuk
    Angry Inuk
    Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 2016 1 h 22 min
    In her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
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  • Pink Ribbons Inc.
    Pink Ribbons Inc.
    Léa Pool 2011 1 h 37 min
    Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a feature documentary that shows how the devastating reality of breast cancer, which marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause," has been hijacked by a shiny, pink story of success.
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  • RiP! A Remix Manifesto
    RiP! A Remix Manifesto
    Brett Gaylor 2008 1 h 26 min
    Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore copyright and content creation in the digital age. In the process they dissect the media landscape of the 21st century and shatter the wall between users and producers. Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil's Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow also come along for the ride.
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  • Stories We Tell
    Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley 2012 1 h 48 min
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  • Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
    Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
    Pepita Ferrari 2008 1 h 37 min
    In this feature-length film on the art of the documentary, director Pepita Ferrari interviews 33 leading documentarians and shows clips from over 50 films. From cinéma-vérité pioneers like Albert Maysles and Michel Brault to mavericks like Errol Morris and Nick Broomfield, it explores the challenges of capturing reality on film. Directors as diverse as Pakistani feminist Sabiha Sumar and new media guru Peter Wintonick reflect on ethical issues and the contested status of the “truth.”

    Featured interviews include German iconoclast Werner Herzog; Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán; British director Kim Longinotto and Alanis Obomsawin, the First Lady of First Nations cinema.
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  • Growing Up Canadian: Media
    Growing Up Canadian: Media
    Susan Terrill 2003 46 min
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