{"id":15997,"date":"2018-05-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15997"},"modified":"2018-05-30T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T17:01:30","slug":"camosun-student-expands-diversity-through-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/05\/29\/camosun-student-expands-diversity-through-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun student expands diversity through film festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camosun first-year University Transfer student Zara Chaudhry feels that there are certain things that can be expressed through film better than they can through other mediums, such as literature. Two of the things film can express so well, she says, are a person\u2019s roots and diversity, which she hopes this weekend’s Diversity Film Fest will showcase.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedia is such a great art form,\u201d says Chaudhry. Expressing through videography or photography can show a message that sometimes words can\u2019t really speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chaudhry is a member of the City of Victoria Youth Council community dialogue team, who focus on redefining dialogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually, dialogue is through simple conversations in person\u2014me talking to you. We\u2019re trying to redefine it, where dialogue can be through different art forms; you can have a dialogue with someone while they\u2019re reading poetry, while you\u2019re watching a video. There\u2019s a different sense of the dialogue if it\u2019s through a different type of communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Camosun student Zara Chaudhry is involved with the City of Victoria Youth Council and the Diversity Film Fest (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The committee is choosing to examine this redefined dialogue through the medium of film.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you can kind of see the eyes of someone else through film, it really helps you relate,\u201d says Chaudhry. \u201cIn a sense, though, what we really want to get from this is how people appreciate diversity and accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The festival will consist of five-minute films, making it easier for those submitting work, says Chaudhry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really tried to aim at something that was accessible to everyone. Making a huge documentary\u2019s not something that\u2019s accessible to a lot of youth,” she says. “Because we\u2019re the [City of Victoria]Youth Council, we were trying to aim at something that was shorter, a little bit more concise and easy to approach. If people didn\u2019t have films that they had already made and they wanted to make a new film, it wouldn\u2019t be an issue to make a five-minute film.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diversity isn’t something Chaudhry only observes in films\u2014in her time at Camosun, she says, the college has taken a number of great steps surrounding issues relating to age, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see such a great diversity of people,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

But Chaudhry has some ideas on how to make future diversity-related events at the college even better.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough events aren\u2019t specified specifically for gender issues or that kind of thing,” she says, “maybe combining issues in a sense where different people and different intersections can talk about their issues together, if that makes sense, rather than segregate their issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diversity Film Festival
\n5 pm Saturday, June 2
\n$5-$20 (sliding scale), Open Space
\nopenspace.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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