EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN THROUGH FILM
SPECIAL FORUMS
STORCH THEATER at SYRACUSE STAGE
Thursday, May 1st

1:00pm – 3:00pm - Educating Our Children Through Film with Moussa Gueye (Senegal) Administrative Manager of the Media Centre of Dakar, DeeDee Halleck (USA)  world acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Georgina Lightning (USA) actress/director, James Lujan (USA) screenwriter/playwright/director, Michal Matus (Israel) Director of the Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival, Minna Mokkila-Halinen (Finland), and Sonny Skyhawk (USA) producer/ actor/screenwriter.

Participants in the American Indian Film Perspectives forum and International Video Postcard Project will discuss the making of films by and for children. Educating, empowering, developing the ability to express oneself creatively in film and video is one of the major concerns of all our panelists. Also, what are the issues, ethically, aesthetically, economically, etc. when professional filmmakers create films with children as the main protagonists?

Sponsors:            
Community: Oneida Indian Nation and Syracuse University
Foundation: New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)