Screening of This Is Our School Documentary & Panel Discussion
Event description
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION and CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH CENTRE present
a screening of This is Our School, an observational feature documentary directed and produced by Iqbal Barkat and Maree Delofski.
The film will be presented by A/Prof Tom Murray, Director, Creative Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University
This is Our School is set in Merrylands East Public School in Western Sydney and is one of the few films documenting life in a primary school. It's a year-long, intimate and loving study of a primary school in one of Sydney’s most diverse suburbs. At its heart is an exploration of how a school community comes together to gracefully and ethically educate children and prepare them for the contemporary world despite facing huge challenges. It’s a celebration of public education in Australia.
This is Our School had its world premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Festival and its US premiere at the Newburyport Documentary Festival. It has been invited to more than twelve international film festivals.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.thisisourschoolfilm.org
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education @ Southern Cross University and internationally-renowned advocate of public education; Prof Sheila Degotardi, Interim Dean, School of Education @ Macquarie University and the filmmakers.
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Parking available in the Yellow West 4 Zone (directly across 10 Hadenfeld Ave) and the Green West 3 Zones.