A Special Earth Day 2012

http://www.onedayonearth.org/

On November 11th, 11.11.11, across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and other inspired citizens recorded the human experience over a 24-hour period and contributed their voice to the second annual global day of media creation called One Day on Earth. 

And today, is the big day! This Earth Day, we are all invited to a free global screening event of the first One Day on Earth Motion Picture. 

Watch this unique film created from over 3000 hours of footage, and shot by our community in every country of the world on October 10th 2010. 

Together, people all over the world have created a picture of interconnected humanity never before possible.

To attend the Global Screening and confirmed locations in every country, please visit here. You can view it in its entirety on instagrid here.

And now, watch the trailer below:

Touching! Isn't it? And great! Humanity!

Founded in 2008, One Day on Earth's first media creation event occurred on 10.10.10. The collaboration was the first ever simultaneous filming event occuring in every country of the world. It created a unique geo-tagged video archive as well as an upcoming feature film.

"Together, we are showcasing the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one day. We invite you to join our international community of thousands of filmmakers, hundreds of schools, and dozens of non-profits, and contribute to this unique global mosaic. 

One Day on Earth is a community that not only watches, but participates."

Education:

One of the most important digital archive to introduce in Geography, History or Languages curriculum!

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."

Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977

G-Souto

22.04.2012

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Schools : Amy Winehouse, a lonely girl in a huge but brief success career

credits : Amy Winehouse 

https://www.facebook.com/amywinehouse

Amy Winehouse, the British pop soul singer is dead on the 23 July 2011. How said! It was almost inevitable.

The new didn't surprised the music world, Amy Winehouse, singer and songwriter could not win the battle against alcohol and drugs that increasingly overshadowed her talent.

 

"With her distinctive hairdo, lashings of eye make-up and garish tattoos, Winehouse rocketed to fame that she could not control."

 

I wrote Amy Winehouse is back in January, 15 2011:

Amy Winehouse

[1983-2011]

credits: unknown

via Google Images

"Amy Winehouse is back! This wonderful singer and composer of soul, jazz and R&B is finally back after almost 5 years of crossing hell! Her tour in Brazil has been successful. Amy is finally back! 

She has an incredible talent! She has such a gorgeous voice! She is complex, unique, superb! Hope she's finally back!"

She didn't! Amy Winehouse is dead of accidental alcohol poising at age 27! She will live in her songs! Two albums 'Frank' (2003) and 'Back to Black' (2006), five Grammy Awards in 2008.

Black to black, 2006

Amy Winehouse

https://www.amywinehouse.com/

Education:

Alcohol and drugs are a sad reality in our days. Sometimes they are among some of our students at school. 

Amy's life could be an important alert to discuss the theme in one or two lessons. Include this theme into your school curriculum. 

Begin with an open discussion. Let your students to speak free. If they don't know Amy because she's dead some years ago. 12 years yesterday, July 23. 

Amy Winehouse

créditos: via Rolling Stone

young Amy Winehouse

credits: Amy Foundation

Choose some songs by the singer and songwriter, and play it in the classroom. Invite your students to understand the lyrics by helping them to study the lyrics to understand better Amy's life.

Amy 

Amy Winehouse documentary

 Asif Kapadia, 2015

https://www.imdb.com/

There is the documentary Amy, Oscar winner 2016 based on true facts and documents. Her life was not easy. As Michael Jackson, she began to sing at a very young age. A father who explored her talent and a passive mother who didn't protect her.

Amy 

Amy Winehouse documentary

 Asif Kapadia, 2015

https://www.imdb.com/

When the Amy Winehouse documentary came out in 2016 on theaters. At the end of the film, Amy's fans were with tears in their eyes. We could not left our chairs immediately. Her voice and images were so present in our memory. 

Director Asif Kapadia took on the story of her life for the documentary Amy, and told in her own words along with previously unseen archive footage and interviews to tell the London performer's tragic story in her own words.

Amy 

Amy Winehouse documentary

 Asif Kapadia, 2015

https://www.imdb.com/

Prepare a road note to your students before displaying the documentary or watching on the internet or on streaming.

You can watch on HBO. A powerful and moving documentary on the short but electrifying life of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. 

Amy 

Amy Winehouse documentary

 Asif Kapadia, 2015

https://www.imdb.com/

"An extraordinary, powerful work" 

IndieWire 

From director Asif Kapadia, featuring archival footage of the singer herself, plus interviews with Lauren Gilbert, Mitchell Winehouse, Janis Winehouse, Raye Cosbert, Tyler James, Pete Doherty, Tony Bennett, and more.

At the end, try to evaluate with a simple dialogue if they could understand how sad is to die so young this way. And tell them the danger of drugs and alcohol with some true examples on young people.

*Note: Pay attention to the age of your students and level you are teaching. 

Ya, I know, it's difficult to survive to some students. Often they have a disturbed family, sometimes a father like Amy's father or a weak mother.

I taught at some schools where the most part of the students had difficult lives caused by their parents vices.

Important message: 

Try to open students eyes and show them how important it is to make the good choices for a better life and future.

Talking with their parents, students will show their parents how important it's attentive support.

I'm sure they will appreciate this life lesson!

A talented songwriter, an amazing voice, but to young to begin a singer career without a good family support.

On the way, she destroyed herself and could not resist to such brutality. The tabloids, the success, the sad love affair and the loneliness.

To me, she will be always 'unique' on her voice and talent! She was an unhappy and lonely young girl. Perhaps to vulnerable and fragile to face such a success.

"Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does"

Amy Winehouse

G-Souto

24.07.2011

update 24 July 2023

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Tribute to Jim Morrison

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Le dernier journal et la dernière photo connue de Jim Morrison 

REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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July 3, Jim Morrison desapeared. The myth goes on. 40 years later, the world don't forget The Doors, the voice, the poet, the man.

In Paris, today two concerts. Ray Manzareket (organ) and Robby Krieger (guitar) two musicians of the band will play at Bataclan. 

They can not use anymore the name "The Doors", but they still play "Riders on the storm", "Roadhouse", "Light my fire".

Jim Morrison fans have the choice to have another concert, at La Cigale, a britsh tribute band The Doors Alive.

The documentary (2010) below about The Doors

It's the first feature documentary about The Doors comprised of entirely unseen archival footage. 

Narrated by Johnny Depp and directed by Tom DiCillo.

Two important articles about Jim Morrisson - Le Monde et Expresso newspapers:

"Quarante après sa mort, le mystère Jim Morrison reste entier" - Le Monde.fr | Culture (French language)

" Jim Morrison continua vivo (fotogaleria) - Expresso.pt | Actualidade (Portuguese language)

And of course, you can listen the soundtrack here

“I can state definitively that one of the things I do remember is buying THE DOORS first album the day it came out and then listening to it about ten or twelve times in a row.  Both sides.  Every song.  I’ve been a fan ever since.  This movie is the story of the band but it is also an insight into a moment in time that will never be repeated.”

Dick Wolf (producer)

G-Souto

03.07.2011

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(because Jim Morrison died 40 years ago, on July 3. In a cloudy Sunday afternoon)

Credits: video When You're Strange

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Let's dance at school ! Michael Jackson : documentary & video game : This Is It & The Experience !

Michael Jackson

The Experience| Ubisoft

https://www.amazon.com/

Michael Jackson moonwalk
credits: Michael Jackson ( official website)
https://www.michaeljackson.com/

Michael Jackson

The Experience| Ubisoft

https://www.amazon.com/

Do you remember Michael Jackson at Ubisoft? Well, here we are again! So cool! The upcoming video game, Michael Jackson The Experience? So interesting! And funny! 

The game was available for the Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP on November 23 2010. It was also available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in early 2011.*

Michael Jackson The Experience is a typical dance/motion game, but it adds in the magic of MJ’s discography and dance moves.**

"Michael Jackson The Experience will make learning to dance like the ultimate pop icon fun and accessible for everyone. In Michael's School Mode, players will be able to rehearse before their show, with video training to practice Michael's most challenging moves in order to pull them off to perfection."

Michael Jackson The Experience

via Ubi.com

There is another interesting resource! The American documentary-concert film This Is It directed by Kenny Ortega (2009), a  A compilation of interviews, rehearsals, and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

This Is It

Kenny Ortega, 2009

https://www.imdb.com/

Kenny Ortega, confirmed that none of the footage was originally intended for release, but after Jackson's death, it was agreed that the film would be made. The footage was filmed in California at the Staples Center and The Forum.

Education:

Young people love King of Pop, music and dance! So, it's a wonderful game and documentary to let kids express themselves learning the moonwalk in music curriculum. And the glove? Just magical for kids! 

Teachers can ask students to bring a white glove into the classroom to use it to dance.

This Is It

Kenny Ortega, 2009

https://www.imdb.com/

• The film:

Michael Jackson's This Is It offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning in London at Arena, on October 2009 before his death on 25 June 2009.

• The Game

Michal Jackson The Experience

screenshots via YouTube

Teaching and learning can have fun! Must be! Don't you think? Teachers must be imaginative to captivate the students by creativity in a different and awesome lesson.

You can begin as you wish, but i think it would be better beginning by displaying the documentary in two or three lessons. 

This Is It

Kenny Ortega, 2009

https://www.imdb.com/

Students can express themselves about Michael. Prepare some activities to follow the documentary.  

After the documentary, the video game. Prepare some space at school. Outside or inside at a special room. 

Students must be invited to dance. And prepare a small show to the school.

And why not a flash mob similar to this one?

See how fanny it is? Of course , teachers can adapt to their students in school or at the city where they teach. 

Michael Jackson The Experience official site has enthusiastic fans from all over the world!

Why not to display this game in school curricula ? Amazing digital resource that can transform a music lesson so funny. Students will love to dance.

Wow ! How exciting dancing  on the street! Or at the school outdoor! Feel the experience! 

G-Souto

03.11.10

update: 39.08.2022

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