Film Fieldtrips

Film FieldTrips is a unique education program that exposes students to new ideas through film and discussion.

The Film Field Trips program addresses the cultural and civic learning needs of young people as well as educators. It provides students from throughout the greater Hartford region with access to the arts and the opportunity to dialogue about and develop greater understanding of key issues affecting our communities including racial, ethnic, and socio-economic segregation, the potential to effect positive social change, and their own agency to serve as advocates and leaders in their communities.

Guided Gallery Tours accompanying a Film Field Trip are available to groups and are arranged on a case-by-case basis.

This is a free program for all students and Real Art Ways is able to provide bus transportation for qualifying schools. Please call Nadya Koropey at 860.232.1006 x 103 for more information.

Program Offerings:

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
4th-8th grade
40 minutes

Distributed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, this film is an outstanding telling of the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott, as experienced by participants and witnesses. In telling the story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the film highlights the potential for positive social change and develops students' understanding of the important roles they can play in their own communities. 

DOWNLOAD A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR THIS FILM (PDF)

Mighty Times: The Children's March
4th-8th grade
40 minutes

This film tells the mostly unheard story of the youth of Birmingham, Alabama, who braved fire hoses and police dogs in 1963 to bring segregation to its knees. The Children's March is a testament to the ability of young people to effect positive social change.

A Place at the Table
6th-10th grade
40 minutes

Narrated entirely by adolescents, this historical account tells the stories of individuals and groups who have toppled barriers that their forefathers faced and emerged with tolerance and compassion where prejudice and hate used to lie.

DOWNLOAD A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR THIS FILM (PDF)

Resolved
8th-12th grade
90 minutes

This HBO documentary about the world of high school debate teams presents a complex portrait of the divisions between race and class in American education. A talented inner-city debate team brings its strategy of focusing on personal experience and dialogue to the championship, mounting a successful challenge to modern debate.

THEATRICAL TRAILER

Bloods and Crips: Made in America 
9th-12th grade
99 minutes

This documentary examines the neighborhoods of South Los Angeles; home to two of America’s most infamous African-American gangs, the Crips and the Bloods. It blends gripping archival footage with in-depth interviews. Hard-hitting, yet ultimately hopeful, the film not only documents the emergence of the gangs but also offers insight as to how this ongoing tragedy might be resolved.

DOWNLOAD A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR THIS FILM (PDF)

Favela Rising
10th grade - adult
80 minutes

Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance, he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.

THEATRICAL TRAILER
DOWNLOAD A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR THIS FILM (PDF)

Please call Nadya Koropey at 860.232.1006 x103 for more information and to schedule your Film FieldTrip.

ParkArt

ParkArt runs Mondays through Thursdays, from July 5, 2011 to August 19, 2011, 1-5 PM. Drop-in program; no registration required.

ParkArt features hands-on workshops with Environmental Arts, Nature and Technology, Dance, Literary Arts, Poetry and Live Music.

Now in its second decade, Real Art Ways’ ParkArt program brings seven weeks of free daily workshops, ranging from the visual arts to puppetry, music and storytelling, to Parkville children.

ParkArt is focused on giving children the opportunity to explore the possibilities of self-expression as well as develop the skills to work cooperatively and collaboratively.

ParkArt takes place in Parkville’s only park, Day Playground, directly across Arbor Street from Real Art Ways. ParkArt has established Day Playground as a focal point for community activity.

ParkArt participants work closely with the program manager, as well as the other faculty and Real Art Ways' program staff and volunteers. The children are assured both close attention in their projects, and close supervision from visiting artists and musicians.

Neighborhood Studios

Neighborhood Studios is the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s award-winning youth arts apprenticeship program. Each summer, high school students aged 14-18 from the 34 towns of the Capital Region are invited to apply for a limited number of jobs in the arts.

Learn more at the Greater Hartford Arts Council's website.

Real Art Ways' education programs are made possible by support from:

Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
Eric Cavoli
Knox Foundation
The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Charitable Trust
George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
Maximilian E & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation
Charles Nelson Robinson Fund
Real Art Ways' Members