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Engaging All Voices through Media (Ages 15-17)

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This playlist provides secondary and post-secondary students the chance to reflect on how media and identity intersect, with explorations into film, art, music, radio, and of course, social media. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Pink Ribbons Inc. World in a City Social Me Monsieur Pug CBQM Rip! A Remix Manifesto Tying Your Own Shoes

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Engaging All Voices through Media (Ages 15-17)

This playlist provides secondary and post-secondary students the chance to reflect on how media and identity intersect, with explorations into film, art, music, radio, and of course, social media.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Pink Ribbons Inc.
World in a City
Social Me
Monsieur Pug
CBQM
Rip! A Remix Manifesto
Tying Your Own Shoes

Playlist

  • 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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  • World In a City
    World In a City
    Brett Story 2016 13 min
    World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to flourish. Join photographer Colin Boyd Shafer as he celebrates diversity in this short film, Canada’s contribution to the Big Cities project, an exciting international collaboration that uses documentary storytelling to outline both the challenges facing growing urban areas and the bold solutions to these ongoing problems.
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  • Social Me
    Social Me
    Katia Café-Fébrissy 2015 23 min
    This short documentary examines the role of social media in the lives of teenagers. To the younger generation, social media is more than just a communication tool: it’s a way of life, a sphere in which to explore and create their own universes -- often at the expense of face-to-face interaction. As young Nya enters adulthood, she takes a critical look at how social media has impacted and continues to influence the shaping of her identity, experiences and values.
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  • Monsieur Pug
    Monsieur Pug
    Janet Perlman 2014 9 min
    Who is Monsieur Pug? Why, a dog with bad cholesterol and high blood pressure! And a dog who loves his pie and ice cream. Who relaxes by making origami. In other words, definitely not your ordinary pooch! For he’s also a paranoiac, convinced he’s the target in a vast conspiracy, and pretending to be a pet, the better to hide from his pursuers. Schizoid, perhaps? Hmm… but is Monsieur Pug even a real dog to begin with?

    A delirious fable about a particular brand of modern madness—that brought on by the omnipresence of smartphones in our lives—Monsieur Pug is directed with verve by Janet Perlman, whose The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Animated Short in 1982.

    Monsieur Pug is one strange film about the life of one strange dog!
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  • CBQM
    CBQM
    Dennis Allen 2009 1 h 6 min
    This feature-length documentary pays tribute to CBQM, the radio station that operates out of Fort McPherson, a small town about 150 km north of the Arctic Circle in the Canadian Northwest Territories. Through storytelling and old-time country music, filmmaker and long-time listener Dennis Allen crafts a nuanced portrait of the "Moccasin Telegraph," the radio station that is a pillar of local identity and pride in this lively northern Teetl'it Gwich'in community of 800 souls.
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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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  • Tying Your Own Shoes
    Tying Your Own Shoes
    Shira Avni 2009 16 min
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