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Making of a short film against discriminations



TEACHER INFORMATION

Name of the teacher
Tania Kambourova
Email:
Country:
France
Subject taught:
Documentation
Years of experience:
7


SCHOOL INFORMATION

Name of the School:
La Salle Saint Denis - Notre Dame de la Compassion
School Typology:
Lower Secondary School, Upper Secondary School, Vocational School
Country:
France
City:
Saint Denis
Web site:
www.jeanbaptistedelasalle.com


CASE STUDY

Background and Context:
This Catholic school teaches pupils from primary to higher education level (up to 2 years after the baccalauréat). The total number of its students is 1900. It includes a general upper secondary school and a vocational secondary school.

The students have access to a High School Life Council, European mobility projects (including Erasmus), 7 different sport activities, and 5 cultural activities (fine arts, cinema, music, drama...)
The school implements the ULIS programme (Local Unit for Inclusive Education), which helps students with reading disorders and cognitive disabilities of various kinds. In the vocational secondary school, this programme allows disabled students to attend the numerous vocational trainings.
Finally, an association called "Humanit'aide" organizes international solidarity projects.

There is no specific data on the number of immigrant students in the school or in the classes involved in this project. However, it may be noted that Saint Denis is a city of a very cosmopolitan nature: persons of immigrant background make up 36,5% of its total population (6,2% were born in Europe and 30,3% were born outside Europe), according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economical Studies (2011). 70% of youth under 18 had an immigrant background (at least one of their parents was an immigrant), with a majority of them of North African, Sub-Saharan or Turkish origin, according to data from the French Institute for Demographic Studies (2005).
The poverty rate in Saint Denis is 36,7% compared to 14% for Metropolitan France (based on a threshold of 60% of the median income); and the unenmployment rate of people from 15 to 64 is 23,4% compared to 13,6% for Metropolitan France, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economical Studies (2013).
Factual Description:
The students of the PAC (Artistic and Cultural Project) class of the school made a short film of 25 minutes to conclude their work on discrimination during the school year 2016-2017. It is called "Stopping discriminations."

The class was guided and supervised by their history and geography teacher, the documentation teachers, and Christophe Lambert who is an author of children's literature and a professor of screenplay/scenario at the MJM Graphic Design arts school in Paris.
Activities carried out:
The students participated in the writing, filming, acting and editing of the film.
It takes the form of scripted interviews during which students come testify about situations they have experienced. Then, the story is reenacted.

They addressed several forms of discriminations:
- Homophobia
- Islamophobia
- Xenophobia
- Body shaming
- Racism
- Sexism

The scenes show discriminatory behaviors such as prejudices, verbal abuse, rejection, school bullying (including on social media). They also address the consequences for the victims: refusal of employment, unhappiness, isolation, suicide attempts...
Assessment and lesson learnt:
This short film is part of the work that has been done during the entire school year about discrimination.

It is available online on the website of the school library using the following link: http://0931797y.esidoc.fr/
It can also be watched on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNqrgnxcBv0
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