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...And Music - DVD/...et la musique - DVD
Description
It’s the first day of classes. The students at Sacré-Cœur primary school, in
Sherbrooke, are about to experience an adventure that most children their age
can’t even imagine. They will be learning French, math, history …and
music. Filmmaker Michel Lam documents this unique experience over an
entire academic year. Returning to the school where he himself learned piano
and cello, he trains his camera lens on the journeys of three children,
recording the events of each day without narration or commentary except for
brief interview excerpts. We discover how learning about music in class
structures these young minds, developing their sensibilities as well as their
curiosity, sense of autonomy and emotional intelligence. A simultaneously
gentle and powerful work that shows how arts teaching can do so much for
children’s education and development.
2009, 74 min 41 s
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