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Documentary Film Festivals

Part of the Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education Book Series (volume 1)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6300-480-0

Publisher: SensePublishers - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2016

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Politics, Media, and Documentary Film Festivals

Roy, Carole

Pages: 1 –13

[Adult educators often engage in practice and research toward social justice using social movements as a site and nexus of their projects. Increasingly, these social movements are recognized as significant sites of collective adult learning and transformation (Clover, 2006; Hall & Turay, 2006)....
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Three Documentary Film Festivals

Roy, Carole

Pages: 15 –29

[This is a case study of one visionary documentary film festival in Courtenay, British Columbia, and two of its affiliates in Peterborough, Ontario, and Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The film festivals discussed in this book all feature documentaries by independent filmmakers on a wide range of topics...
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Transformative Learning

Roy, Carole

Pages: 31 –49

[The fact that these events are festivals is important. The celebratory atmosphere of festivals allows people to relax. In addition, films are usually perceived as leisure, as there are no competency standards to be met, as opposed to work or school where performance is expected. These festivals...
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Challenging Assumptions and Gaining New Perspectives

Roy, Carole

Pages: 51 –75

[Documentary films reveal various experiences, ideas, and emotions, expanding the context for reflection and dialogue. In fact, documentaries are an effective medium to disrupt taken-for-granted ideas, encourage empathy, and promote consideration of different perspectives. Documentary film...
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Fostering Community and Solidarity

Roy, Carole

Pages: 77 –94

[The capitalist economic system produces and thrives on atomization of society as individualism expands the number of consumers who buy rather than share and as a result, corporate profits increase. In recent decades, technological inventions have also supported individual access to greater...
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Inspiring Engagement

Roy, Carole

Pages: 95 –114

[A recurrent theme identified in the interviews was the importance of using new information and ideas as starting points for engagement beyond daily routines; information was crucial to getting involved. There was also acknowledgment that it was easy to ignore what was not, or seemed not to be,...
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Weavers of Dreams

Roy, Carole

Pages: 115 –125

[Films are excellent catalysts of discussion. English and Mayo (2012) recognized the important role arts and the media can play in social movements, important tools “to increase meaningful engagement and participation in matters that affect all our lives” (p. 138). Belenky, Bond, and Weinstock...
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Conclusion

Roy, Carole

Pages: 127 –133

[Media contribute to the formation of the current collective imagination and play an essential role in a democratic society. Although Phipps (2001), the former moderator of the United Church who has been involved in education for social justice, demanded greater relevancy and inspiration from the...

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