Director: Claudio Morgado Escanilla
Canada, 2007, 8 min
"I had a sex change once, when I was six or seven years old.” The opening line of No Bikini introduces us to a young girl who defies convention during her summer swim class. Filled with humour, this film is less about defining one’s gender than it is about discovering personal strength.
Director: Kevin Langdale
Canada, 2001, 6 min
The seemingly nonsensical is juxtaposed with the precision of science to illustrate how our belief in the order of language does not guarantee communication.
“It was different from being just a passive viewer... [T]he result is that we’ll watch movies and TV differently, based on what we’ve learned. In a world dominated by the media, it’s an important skill to be able to... look at these images more critically.”
– Adriana Byrne, Grade 11 more...