What's your favourite film about education ?
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So, to kick things off…
What’s your favourite film about education, set in the global south ?
I plan a post later in the year on this topic and it would be great if subscribers here helped me by generating suggestions.
I’m really interested in films that tell us something about the culture or system of education in the countries they are set in. Films such as “Blackboards”, about itinerant teachers in Kurdistan looking for pupils, or “Not One Less” a film about a child teacher in China, or the First Grader, a film about an 84-year-old enrolling in primary school in Kenya.
Hollywood and independent film makers have produced many films about teacher – pupil relationships in the classroom. Films such as “To Sir with Love” or “Dead Poets Society” or “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”. That theme is a little hackneyed now, but are there lesser known gems out there in the global south ?
So, what film(s) would you recommend that give an insight into the culture or organisation of education in these settings ?
If you have a suggestion please post it in the chat giving a one sentence summary of the film’s theme and one sentence on why you would recommend the film.
As part of the future post, I hope to be able to put together a recommendations list for those who work in education development, aided by you !
I look forward to hearing from you !
And finally…..
Many thanks for subscribing to Re Education. I do hope you are enjoying the posts so far. In issues to come I plan a focus on : aid architecture ; education and disability ; AI and education ; education system scaling ; etc. etc.
I am also very open to suggestions for themes and to creating a platform for educators from the global south. So, if you’re in that category and have ideas (even half-baked ones !) get in touch and let’s see if I can help. My only criteria are that your topic shouldn’t be about self or organisational promotion, but about engagement with the wider community of those interested in education development.
Cheers !
Andy
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Not sure if I am answering in the right place! But thanks Andy for these very interesting blogs and questions. Regarding the films, you already picked two that would have come to my mind (Blackboards and Not One Less). 'Lunana-a Yak in the Classroom' is probably my new favourite. The two French films 'Etre et Avoir' and 'Ca Commence Aujourd' hui', whilst of course not from the Global South still offer very human and 'non-Hollywood' perspectives of teachers and learners in their respective unique communities.