Film Fest - Christchurch Short Films
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The Film Fest is a wonderful collection of two minute short films professionally
produced by school pupils and disabled people who took part in the "My Story Is..." workshops.
School classes from Christchurch were divided into groups of three students. Each group was
matched with a disabled person forming a team. The students interviewed
us to learn about our lives, education, employment, sports
and recreational interests, achievements and challenges. The students
photographed us and our memorabilia. Once all the
information had been acquired, the teams used Photo Story to make a
short film using the photographs they had taken and interspersing them
with written statements from the story they had heard from us.
The “My Story is …” workshops are deemed as being a great success as
students learn about some of the difficulties we face in our
daily lives. The workshops break down barriers by enabling disabled people
to speak openly about themselves and allow students an opportunity to be inquisitive.