After taking into account Hunter's feelings about film, we decided to take the class in the direction of film analysis rather than output. During this class we watched two short films from the Cannes Film Festival. The first was very symbolic about identity during high school. The second was an animated film about child soldiers. Both films were extremely poetic in their visual and narrative style. Hunter was not that impressed by the style, but the topic of child soldiers came up and we talked about the realities of this in Africa. This led to us talking about the activist film KONY 2012. We watched it and discussed why the filmmaker chose to include his son in the film, whether or not the film's calling for activism from the audience was effective, and whether the film achieved its purpose: to capture Joseph Kony, Ugandan War Criminal. This led us to researching the history of the Ugandan Civil War as well. We spoke of the style of the film and the use of images and newspapers to tell the story.
Next, we watched an animated TED talk called "Changing Education Paradigms" and then discussed how the speaker, Ken Robinson, outlined his argument.