WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?
Yesterday, the NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, banned every public school in his state from screening Gayby Baby during school hours.
The documentary, which tells the stories of some adorably ordinary children with same-sex attracted parents, was planned to be screened in several schools as part of the nationwide Wear it Purple Day campaign to promote sexual inclusion.
Apparently, Mr Piccoli did not object to the content of the film, rather, he didn’t want it screened so as “to not impact on the delivery of planned lessons”, at least that’s what his memo said.
Watch the trailer for Gayby Baby here (post continues after video):
Okay, so let me get this straight. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT sees no value in showing school students a film about diverse families on a day designed to promote SEXUAL INCLUSION, whilst we are in the midst of a national debate about whether or not to allow the very people depicted in said film THE SAME RIGHTS as everyone bloody else?
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Why on earth is any telly watching going on at school, that's what we do at home or when we cant be bothered reading the book!
It's not passive 'watching telly' - it's about analysing the film as a text - seeing how the screenwriter and director tell a story using lighting, camera angles, dialogue, music, editing, costumes.... Film is also used in history classes - Forrest Gump tells my Year 10 history class more about the civil rights movement than any textbook - and in an engaging and historically accurate way.
yep. My 16 is currently watching The Matrix (film) in English and comparing it to Beowulf (text)
At school I remember we watched Chicken Run, Looking for Alibrandi, Chocolat, Cabaret, Platoon, Dead Poets Society, Look both ways and Muriels Wedding , I am sure that there were many more but these are the ones that I can remember.