CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 0h 59m

The Storytelling Class

An after-school storytelling project in a diverse, but divided, city school breaks cultural boundaries and creates community.

Documentary

Located in Winnipeg’s downtown core, Gordon Bell High School is probably the most culturally varied school in the city. In an effort to build bridges of friendship and belonging across cultures and histories, teacher Marc Kuly initiated an after-school storytelling project. 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 soldier 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 so long eluded them.

Directed byJohn Paskievich, John Whiteway

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Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2010
Studios
Sedna Pictures

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John Paskievich
John Whiteway

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