Films
Misak Education: Decolonising the Mind
The Misak indigenous people, from the south of Colombia, experienced almost complete cultural, territorial and linguistic loss, before taking back their ancestral lands in the 1970s, going on to…
Samabue: The Seeds of Indigenous Education in Indonesia
The seeds of indigenous education in Indonesia - Samabue Indigenous School was set up in 2016 in West Kalimantan. It runs as an after-school club to serve indigenous children who attend the mainstream…
Back to the Village: Indigenous Education in Indonesia
Indigenous educators from across Indonesia and the Philippines share their thoughts on the problems and solutions in education for indigenous youth. “The existing education system teaches ‘ilmu…
War on Kids
Focusing on public education, The War on Kids demonstrates how American public schools have become modeled after prisons in response to fear and a burgeoning intolerance of youth. The oppressive…
Education For a Sustainable Future
Education For a Sustainable Future presents information on how today's practices in schools are socially unsustainable. The documentary film critically analyses what is considered socially relevant in…
Schooling the World
An important film that sets out the nature of western educaction and the harm that it is inflicting on many indigenous cultures.
La Educación Prohibida
La escuela ha cumplido ya más de 200 años de existencia y es aun considerada la principal forma de acceso a la educación. Hoy en día, la escuela y la educación son conceptos ampliamente…
The Forbidden Education
The Forbidden Education is a documentary film that questions the logic of modern schooling -and our very understanding of education- by highlighting different and unconventional educational…
Do schools kill creativity? Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Interview with Mereana Taki on Learning
Mereana Taki is an indigenous Maori. In this video she shares the Maori views of learning, intelligence, and child development.
Iskay Yachay: Two Kinds of Knowledge
This video brings the voices and minds of campesinos from Cusco, Peru. They explain what school they want for their children. What education is needed for life to flourish and for the strength of…
The Land Question
Loliondo Land Conflict - Tanzania - Land, it's been said, is the only thing worth working for, fighting for and dying for - because it's the only thing that lasts. That said, across Africa people…