I teach a course at the high school level about ethnic American history and I’ve recently added a great deal of film to my curriculum. I’ve found that the easiest way to communicate with students is to use their “language” – and what better way than through film!
One of the kids had a great idea this week. He asked if we could put together an African-American film festival. Great idea. And so I’ve been busy preparing a sweeping look at African-American culture through film. We are going to have three film festival days when I’ll show African-American films at the school. Kids will get extra credit for showing up to watch the films and will get even more extra credit for writing an African-American film analysis.
I love when my students take a creative approach to the material in the classroom and this African-American film festival is just brilliant!
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