The videos in this collection were created by students enrolled in Visual Storytelling for Civic Engagement. These materials are freely available for use in the classroom.
Films
Children of Migration: Separation
Children of parents who migrated and left them behind in Kyrgyzstan reflect on childhood, relationships with families, and abandonment.
Created by Tursunbay Shergaziev and Evgenii Kim of American University of Central Asia
The Dividing Line
Gentrification in the town of Hudson, New York, leads to community division.
Created by Will Brumley, Sawyer Brown, Hugo Patterson, Zariah Calliste of Bard College
Living on Faith in a Changing Climate
Drought and cold devastated local flora and livestock in the South African village of Paulschoek. Local farmers and researchers contemplate the reasons for and consequences of climate change.
Created by Clement Cupido
MitMachMusik and Its Journey to Success
MitaMachMusik is a German foundation that teaches music to immigrant children as well as local children.
Created by Accad Alsaed and Ehab Badwi of Bard College Berlin
The Price of Freedom
In Kyrgyzstan, violations of free speech proliferate while active citizenship becomes an important tool in opposing an authoritarian regime.
Created by Shakhzoda Mirakova of American University of Central Asia
They Shall Speak with New Tongues
Belarus activists work to revive their native language.
Created by Elizaveta Zhitkevich, Kate Filippova, Marharyta Shysha of European Humanities University
