to be heard (2010)
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2010美国纪录片《to be heard》由Amy Sultan, Roland Legiardi-Laura导演，Roland Legiardi-Laura, Anthony Pittman and Pearl Quick主演，影片讲述的是：
Lives and language on the edge Three teens from the Bronx tell their stories of friendship love and struggle and show how a radical poetry class can ignite change
To Be Heard is the story of three teens from the South Bronx whose struggle to change their lives begins when they start to write poetry As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love friendship frustration and hope we watch these three youngsters emerge as accomplished selfaware artists who use their creativity to alter their circumstances
A verité film intimately shot over four years To Be Heard is the story of three friends and the love that develops between them as they evolve as artists This “tripod” as they call it is bound by proximity circumstance and poetry To Be Heard is also the story of how language links people Pearl is the support and soul of the three Karina is the passion and heart and Anthony is the energy and physicality In a community where friendships are kept tenuous for many reasons these three build a bond based on language respect and the need to survive
What will happen to these three kids Will they find a way to articulate their dreams Will that articulation manifest meaningful change Does language contain the power to transform Perhaps this film is simply about the lives of three kids from the ghetto and their struggle to survive Perhaps it is also about the poet in all young people the struggling artist in all of us seeking to emerge Embedded in the story of these three teens is the tale of their path as writers and a look at the source of their inspiration That seed of inspiration comes in the form of a radical poetry class called Power Writing taught by a trio of outsider teachers Early on we meet Joe Amy and Roland Given the heightened volume of the educational debate these days their message and approach merits close attention Not a part of any school faculty or formal curriculum these three come bearing a simple gift in the form of a motto—If you don’t learn to write your own life story someone else will write it for you There are very few secrets to their teaching methods very few tricks Their style of committed pedagogy is less about instruction and more about empowerment—simply stated they are there to listen closely if the writer wants to be heard
Lives and language on the edge Three teens from the Bronx tell their stories of friendship love and struggle and show how a radical poetry class can ignite change
To Be Heard is the story of three teens from the South Bronx whose struggle to change their lives begins when they start to write poetry As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love friendship frustration and hope we watch these three youngsters emerge as accomplished selfaware artists who use their creativity to alter their circumstances
A verité film intimately shot over four years To Be Heard is the story of three friends and the love that develops between them as they evolve as artists This “tripod” as they call it is bound by proximity circumstance and poetry To Be Heard is also the story of how language links people Pearl is the support and soul of the three Karina is the passion and heart and Anthony is the energy and physicality In a community where friendships are kept tenuous for many reasons these three build a bond based on language respect and the need to survive
What will happen to these three kids Will they find a way to articulate their dreams Will that articulation manifest meaningful change Does language contain the power to transform Perhaps this film is simply about the lives of three kids from the ghetto and their struggle to survive Perhaps it is also about the poet in all young people the struggling artist in all of us seeking to emerge Embedded in the story of these three teens is the tale of their path as writers and a look at the source of their inspiration That seed of inspiration comes in the form of a radical poetry class called Power Writing taught by a trio of outsider teachers Early on we meet Joe Amy and Roland Given the heightened volume of the educational debate these days their message and approach merits close attention Not a part of any school faculty or formal curriculum these three come bearing a simple gift in the form of a motto—If you don’t learn to write your own life story someone else will write it for you There are very few secrets to their teaching methods very few tricks Their style of committed pedagogy is less about instruction and more about empowerment—simply stated they are there to listen closely if the writer wants to be heard
