| Description |
1 DVD (59 min.): sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Canada https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007233 |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; widescreen. |
| Credits |
Camera, John Paskievich ; sound recording, John Whiteway ; original music, Norman Dugas. |
| Note |
Disc contains both a 59-minute version and a 47-minute version of the film. |
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Originally produced in 2009. |
| Summary |
"Located in Winnipeg's downtown core, Gordon Bell High School is probably the most culturally varied school in the city, with 58 different languages skoken by the student body. Many students are children who have arrived as refugees from various war torn areas of the world. In an effort to build bridges of friendship and belonging across cultures and histories, teacher Marc Kuly initiated an after-school storytelling project whereby the immigrant students would share stories with their Canadian peers. The catalyst for this cross-cultural interaction was the students' reading of A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, a memoir of Beah's horrific time as a child solider in Sierra Leone's civil war. These voluntary after-school meetings take dramatic turns and reach their climax when Ishmael Beah and professional storyteller Laura Simms travel from New York to work with them. With their help the students learn to listen to each other and find the commonality that had so long eluded them"--Container. |
| Language |
English with optional subtitles in Spanish and English SDH captions, menu in English and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Multicultural education -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg.
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Multicultural education. |
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Manitoba -- Winnipeg. |
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Winnipeg (Man.) -- Race relations.
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Language arts (Secondary) -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg.
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Language arts (Secondary) |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Paskievich, John, screenwriter, director, film editor, cinematographer, producer.
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Whiteway, John, screenwriter, director, film editor, recording engineer, producer.
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Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Long way gone.
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OMNI Television.
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Sedna Pictures.
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Bullfrog Films.
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| ISBN |
1594589631 |
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9781594589638 |
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