This assignment requires you to create a documentary-style video that explores strategies and solutions that absolve racial inequalities. What racial justice movement entices you? Is there prior knowledge you can pull from? Perhaps you have had previous experiences addressing racism and working towards social justice. Maybe you would like to explore a new topic of interest, what social movement that focused on racial justice inspires or piques your interest? You are tasked to provide the multiple ways that folx resist and engage in social action based on your topic of choice. This video project calls for independent research and therefore requires you to include academic and other reliable sources to support your case. Although you are creating an educational tool, make sure to add your creative spirit to the ways in which we as individuals, and at the group level, challenge systemic racism while simultaneously uplifting our collective racial consciousness and healing from past racial trauma and current violence.
Definition of a documentary: “A documentary film/video clip is a nonfictional video project/clip/feature film intended to document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record” (Source
Review Chapter 15 “Racial Justice in the United States Today” in Race and Racisms for additional insights (reading and slides)Please watch the short YouTube clip below, “7 Civil Rights Leaders You Need to Know.”
Design and create a short video clip that mimics a documentary-style video.
Structure:
Topic
Select a contemporary social justice movement centered on racial justice
Focus on the method and approach
Your topic may range from environmental justice to prison reform as well as other relevant social justice endeavors.
Describe the topic as you would to a novice
Awareness
What action(s) did the social movement utilize to bring attention to their cause?
What/who is the cause aimed at?
Involvement
What groups, organizations, and people are responsible for advocating and planning anti-racism campaigns?
How does one get involved with challenging power locally and beyond?
Lessons Learned
What are some key takeaways, lessons, and directions we can apply in order to help further the cause and eradicate racism?
What strategies worked well? What were some of the strategic difficulties/failures of the social movement?
Is there any overlap with other social movements?
Future Advocacy
What lies ahead for the movement as a whole?
Where do we go from here?
Video Upload and Storyboard
Video
1 documentary-style video clip
Acceptable format: YouTube link (upload the video to your YouTube account and provide the embedded link)
Caution: uploading a video file to YouTube does take a while, so make sure to carve out some time to generate the link.
Storyboard
The storyboard or outline is not mandatory, however, it is strongly advised that you use a storyboard to manufacture your video project
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