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Race and Education Film Club 2023
The Race and Education Film Club is back for a second year by popular demand!
Following our successful pilot last year, the Race and Education Film Club team are returning with a new set of sessions for 2023. The format will be the same as last year: you watch the film in advance, then join us on Zoom for a discussion of the film, led by someone with a particularly interesting perspective to share on the subject matter.
In keeping with the international theme of last year, we are working with colleagues across the globe to provide opportunities for dialogue on the issues surrounding Race and Education.
Collaborators
Organisations we are collaborating with on this wider activity are:
- The Race and Multiculturalism SIG of the Association of Moral Educators (AME)
- The Journal of Moral Education Trust
We have received funding for our project through the generous support of a Small Grant from the Culham St Gabriel’s Trust.
Key aims of the project
- Consider theoretical and practical complexities for teachers of issues of race, intersected with religion and culture and education
- Showcase the contribution of Religion and Worldview Education (RWE) specialist teachers to critical reflection on race and education and by this means to promote an understanding of the subject’s distinctive curriculum contribution; developing leadership and research skills of 3 RWE practitioners by this means
- Encourage RWE practitioners to appreciate contributions to their subject from other experts outside the subject community in non-defensive ways
- Explore the potential of a new model of knowledge production and exchange built around discussion of a film using collaborative action research
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the film club at our new email address: raceandeducationfilmclub@gmail.com.
Film programme
Hair Power: Me and My Afro
Date and time
- BST: Thursday 11th May, 5:30 – 6:30pm
- EDT: Thursday 11th May, 12:30 – 1:30pm
- HKT: Friday 12th May, 00:30 – 1:30am
Further details
- Chair: Saima Saleh (RE Lead and NATRE exec)
- Commentators: Malcolm Richards and Alexandra Brown
- Suggested reading and resources: PDF, 99kB | Word, 16kB
The session was chaired by film club regular Saima Saleh . We were lucky to be joined by commentators Malcolm Richards (Senior Lecturer in Education at UWE) and Alexandra Brown (philosophy and religious studies secondary school teacher, academic, writer and poet).
If you wish to view the documentary, you can watch a short clip or view the full programme.
African Apocalypse
Date and time
- BST: Thursday 22nd June, 5:30 – 6:30pm
- EDT: Thursday 22nd June, 12:30 – 1:30pm
- HKT: Friday 23rd June, 00:30 – 1:30am
Further details
- Chair: Alexandra Brown
- Commentator: Femi Nylander
In our second online session, the Race and Education Film Club was honoured to welcome back Femi Nylander to discuss the documentary African Apocalypse, which he co-wrote and presented. The documentary follows Femi on his journey from Oxford to Niger on the trail of a colonial killer called Paul Voulet, and meeting the communities still living with the legacy of his destruction.
The session was chaired by film club regular Alexandra Brown (philosophy and religious studies secondary school teacher, academic, writer and poet).
We Were Children
Date and time
- BST: Thursday 13th July, 5:30 – 6:30pm
- EDT: Thursday 13th July, 12:30 – 1:30pm
- HKT: Friday 14th July, 00:30 – 1:30am
Further details
- Chair: Alexandra Brown
- Commentators: Terra Glowach
- Suggested reading and resources: PDF, 125kB | Word, 17kB
Terra Glowach biography
Terra Glowach is a Senior Lecturer and PGCE Secondary English Lead at the University of the West of England. She has worked as a secondary teacher and teacher educator for 20 years, most recently as a lead practitioner and subject lead in Bristol. Her grandmother was Cree, and was sent to a residential school for First Nation’s children.