First screening @ Youth For Development workshop!
Date: 24th August 09
Venue: Don Bosco Technical Institute
Introduction:
The event started with a fun activity, wherein the volunteers were divided into pairs and were asked to balance a pencil between their foreheads without actually touching it. The activity managed to gear up the audiences and also helped the facilitators who were supposedly unknown initially to develop a connection which is an integral part of any interactive session. Thereafter, a random question was thrown at the audiences. The question was “What images come to your mind when you hear the term boundaries." There were diverse response to these questions and following terms seemed common in the responses that were received.
Partition
Controversy
Limitation
Barriers
A thought process commenced and just to add spark to the fire another question was thrown randomly after jotting the previous points at the whiteboard. This time the question was “What image comes to our mind when we hear of the term terrorist”? Again a lot of different answers came from the audiences and following points seemed prominent.
Blood shed
Violence
Destruction
Fighting for a cause
Movie : Little Terrorist 
The movie managed to keep the audiences engrossed at all times. The very first scene which depicts a scene, wherein a group of children are trying to retrieve a ball which has crossed the Line of control aroused curiosity among the audiences and that connection seems to be everlasting. One amazing thing about the screening was that audiences were thrown in an ocean full of varied emotions and at the end one could see questions of the faces of people. People who were from different background, Different geographical locations having different interpretations. However one thing seemed to be common. There were questions looming large on their faces.
The movie managed to keep the audiences engrossed at all times. The very first scene which depicts a scene, wherein a group of children are trying to retrieve a ball which has crossed the Line of control aroused curiosity among the audiences and that connection seems to be everlasting. One amazing thing about the screening was that audiences were thrown in an ocean full of varied emotions and at the end one could see questions of the faces of people. People who were from different background, Different geographical locations having different interpretations. However one thing seemed to be common. There were questions looming large on their faces.
Discussion:
Once the movie was over the question about the images comes to our mind after hearing the term terrorism was again referred to. It initially started with the debate on identities. A part of the audiences agreed to the fact that that we fall prey to stereotypes and our own preconceived notions and label a person as terrorist and the views are predominantly based on physical features which has been beautifully shown and portrayed in the movie. Gradually a few interesting perspectives came up which not only intensified the discussion but also gave a proper ground for brainstorming.
“People are same irrespective of their religion”
“Humanity is our first religion”
Once the movie was over the question about the images comes to our mind after hearing the term terrorism was again referred to. It initially started with the debate on identities. A part of the audiences agreed to the fact that that we fall prey to stereotypes and our own preconceived notions and label a person as terrorist and the views are predominantly based on physical features which has been beautifully shown and portrayed in the movie. Gradually a few interesting perspectives came up which not only intensified the discussion but also gave a proper ground for brainstorming.
“People are same irrespective of their religion”
“Humanity is our first religion”
Thereafter the discussion turned towards the cause of the problem under consideration and the following important points were the core of the discussion
- It was discussed that fear is an important cause and the customs/tradition that we at times blindly follow are affected by fear that we have
- A few thought that fear exist owing to the insecurity that a living being have and it is an animal instinct to form a group in order to feel safe and secure.
Finally the discussion moved towards solutions and almost everyone present there agreed that we are the only problem and we are the only solution. And although it is not possible to find a solution instantly but the fact cannot be ignored that the onus is on us to change the things.
Feedback:
The involvement of the audiences during the movie screening and the subsequent discussion helped us to get a feedback on the proposed activity. The discussion has a direction and purpose. One important observation of this screening was that a film with limited duration helps us to connect with audiences better and leads to a comprehensive discussion.
In all it was a great session which provided us with just the perfect amount of motivation, enthusiasm.
SMILE'rs :)
Posted in: little terrorist, smile 2009, youth for development on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at at 12:44 AM
