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<\/a>It didn\u2019t take long for the idea to take off. The first event happened on May 17, where students watched a screening of The Clown;<\/i> on June 7, it was New In Town.<\/i> Next up: The Gods Must Be Crazy <\/i>on June 21 and Intouchables <\/i>on July 5.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expressed interest and signed up to work on the project,\u201d says Camosun ESL instructor Bruce McCormack, who was soon involved in the process of selecting the films to be screened at the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe process we went through to select films was quite a lengthy one,\u201d he says. On the one hand, in keeping with the theme of the project [movies, culture, and work], we needed to choose films whose main characters are involved in work of some kind, so that the lecturers could discuss the challenges and rewards involved in doing such work. We also needed films that are readily available in both Canada and Portugal, with English subtitles for us and Portuguese subtitles for those in Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCormack says that because of this, a number of Canadian films that would have been chosen were not.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, we opted for a movie filmed in Brazil, The Clown, <\/i>in Portuguese with English subtitles; a movie filmed in Canada, though set in Minnesota, New in Town<\/i>; and several additional movies set in two other cultures, The Gods Must Be Crazy<\/i> and The Intouchables.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n
The other school that will be involved in these events is Instituto Federal Rio Grande Do Sul (IFRS) in Porto Alegre, in southeastern Brazil.<\/p>\n
Professor Cl\u2021udia Estima, an ESL teacher at IFRS, was already in the process of getting a series started entitled \u201cMovies, Culture and the World of Work\u201d and was looking to have her students watch the movies and then interact with students at a school on a different continent.<\/p>\n
Enter Camosun, who were excited to be involved, even though it hasn\u2019t been smooth sailing every step of the way.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere at Camosun, we\u2019re very fortunate to have faculty member Mice Albano on staff and working on this project,\u201d says McCormack. \u201cMice, another ESL instructor in the ELD department, is originally from Brazil and is, therefore, fluent in Portuguese. Mice\u2019s participation in the project has been invaluable in helping to smooth out the inevitable linguistic challenges that arise in coordinating a project that involves two languages.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Albano, the challenge wasn\u2019t just translation. It was going beyond translation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever we are dealing with two cultures, we use translation but we also interpret,\u201d says Albano. \u201cI see this challenge of dealing with two languages more like an exciting experience because we are looking at the movies from different cultural perspectives. We had students from many different countries in the audience and they were able to bring their perspective into the discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Albano says that because of where the movies are set, the students are able to offer a lot of insights in the post-movie discussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were able to discuss the universal issues and the specific issues for different cultures,\u201d she says. \u201cFor me, it is always a rich learning experience to listen to students bring in their interpretation, too. Some of the students from the Philippines found the setting and the relationships in The Clown<\/i> very similar to some in their home country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finding commonalities and exploring and understanding differences is at the heart of this series, a unique idea that Camosun students should be proud that their school is involved in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event will bring movies from different countries,\u201d says Albano. \u201cThe discussions are what make them even more special.\u201d<\/p>\n
International Film Series
\n3 pm June 21 and July 5
\nLansdowne Library Multipurpose Room 151<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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