Category: movies
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Filmmakers document incredible courage of Liberian women
My knowledge of Liberia has been pretty limited to date. I learned about the Liberian Renaissance Education Complex talking to Dr. Dennis Harper (founder of Kijana Voices and Generation YES) at NECC in 2007 as part of a podcast interview. Before our conversation I had not heard of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the current president of Liberia…
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Thumbs down for Indy Jones 4, thumbs up for Prince Caspian
WARNING: MOVIE SPOILERS AHEAD! IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THESE FILMS YET, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS POST. One of the best tests of quality for new, professionally produced movies these days, in our family, is whether or not we want to own the DVD of a movie we have seen at the theater.…
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The Corporation documentary: A big eye opener
These are my notes I took this evening watching “The Corporation Film.” For more background on the documentary, check out the English WikiPedia page for it. The article goes through the film segment by segment, in a much more thorough way than I have here with my own notes. I added this video to our…
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Historical and Current Abolitionists: Fighting to end slavery
I saw the remarkable film “Amazing Grace” when it was released in US theaters this past April, but for some reason I did not blog about it or the issues it raises before. That is an oversight I am pleased to remedy this evening. I adore NetFlix. Our use of NetFlix waxes and wanes, but…
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Learning about documentary filmmaking and WWII from Ken Burns
I have only seen about 30 minutes of the latest Ken Burns documentary “The War,” but what I have seen touched my heart and moved my spirit. I am in the midst of attempting to facilitate several opportunities for Oklahoma teachers and students to utilize videoconferencing as well as online digital tools to get involved…
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“Prince Caspian” and the Return to Narnia: Making the Journey to Literacy Through Fantasy
These are my notes from a session titled: “Prince Caspian” and the Return to Narnia: Making the Journey to Literacy Through Fantasy by Randy Testa, Vice President of Education for Walden Media, LLC. Randy shared this presentation at the 2007 EncycloMedia presentation in Oklahoma City on 8/29/2007. Because of copyrights on media materials Randy is…
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Great themes in HP5 movie (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
J.K. Rowling is a master-storyteller, and director David Yates has done the best job to-date bringing one of Rowling’s books to the movie screen in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” My love for the fictional works and worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis is strong. While I still enjoy the greater…
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Podcast157: Lord of the Rings Literature Circle
This podcast features a literature circle discussion between Alexander Fryer, Shelly Fryer, and Wesley Fryer about J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings.” Reasons for loving the book and movie series are explored, noteable characteristics and lessons learned from major characters are discussed, and favorite scenes from the movies and the books are…
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Rethinking WalMart Patronage
I watched the 2005 documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” last night, and want to share some reflections on the movie from the perspectives of a digital storyteller, concerned citizen/consumer, and educator. The video highlights multiple problems/challenges which are not unique to WalMart but are perhaps amplified because of the corporation’s size and…
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First NetFlix streamed movie
Well, I’m sure doing what we did tonight will seem like old hat in 10 years, but it was really amazing at this point: We watched our first Internet-streamed movie from NetFlix! Glen Bull blogged about this a couple of weeks ago, and thanks to him bringing this capability to my attention we enjoyed “the…