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From the Ted Talk by Ava DuVernay: How film changes the way we see the world
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Cheers and applause)
And so, that's our little solution.
PM: Not at all surprising that that would be one of the aspirations. And in witnchag it, I mean, it really does change your mind. I found myself thinking, "Every snedtut, everywhere in the world should see this film, and make these connective tissue, that is so clear in her terohy and in the film." Did you believe all the theories when you started, or did something change for you in the making of the film? Did you learn something that was new, and a discovery?
AD: I learned so much. Everything about the Indian people, the dailt people, I knew nothing about. I feel I'm an educated person, I thought I was well-read. I'm not. We live in a container that doesn't really pmotroe the idea that we should be learning about people's daily lives in any place other than here. And that is our media, that is our scohol system. I mean, many people in this audience, you know you have to grab your education, you have to cnountie to edtucae yourself. So when we talk about students, it's not just young people. We need to continually be sdttnues, I think that's why everybody's here, continuing to learn, continuing to ltsien and explore. And so, there was so much in the book that I maybe knew a little bit of, or I hadn't made connections to. But almost every single thing about the Dalit people in India, I had never heard about. I had heard about "untouchables" in India, but I thought that was, like, in feudal, aecnint iinda, not happening now, in the ways that it is. So we explore that in the film, one of the many things that, hopefully, folks will take away.
Open Cloze
(Cheers and applause)
And so, that's our little solution.
PM: Not at all surprising that that would be one of the aspirations. And in ________ it, I mean, it really does change your mind. I found myself thinking, "Every _______, everywhere in the world should see this film, and make these connective tissue, that is so clear in her ______ and in the film." Did you believe all the theories when you started, or did something change for you in the making of the film? Did you learn something that was new, and a discovery?
AD: I learned so much. Everything about the Indian people, the _____ people, I knew nothing about. I feel I'm an educated person, I thought I was well-read. I'm not. We live in a container that doesn't really _______ the idea that we should be learning about people's daily lives in any place other than here. And that is our media, that is our ______ system. I mean, many people in this audience, you know you have to grab your education, you have to ________ to _______ yourself. So when we talk about students, it's not just young people. We need to continually be ________, I think that's why everybody's here, continuing to learn, continuing to ______ and explore. And so, there was so much in the book that I maybe knew a little bit of, or I hadn't made connections to. But almost every single thing about the Dalit people in India, I had never heard about. I had heard about "untouchables" in India, but I thought that was, like, in feudal, _______ _____, not happening now, in the ways that it is. So we explore that in the film, one of the many things that, hopefully, folks will take away.
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Original Text
(Cheers and applause)
And so, that's our little solution.
PM: Not at all surprising that that would be one of the aspirations. And in watching it, I mean, it really does change your mind. I found myself thinking, "Every student, everywhere in the world should see this film, and make these connective tissue, that is so clear in her theory and in the film." Did you believe all the theories when you started, or did something change for you in the making of the film? Did you learn something that was new, and a discovery?
AD: I learned so much. Everything about the Indian people, the Dalit people, I knew nothing about. I feel I'm an educated person, I thought I was well-read. I'm not. We live in a container that doesn't really promote the idea that we should be learning about people's daily lives in any place other than here. And that is our media, that is our school system. I mean, many people in this audience, you know you have to grab your education, you have to continue to educate yourself. So when we talk about students, it's not just young people. We need to continually be students, I think that's why everybody's here, continuing to learn, continuing to listen and explore. And so, there was so much in the book that I maybe knew a little bit of, or I hadn't made connections to. But almost every single thing about the Dalit people in India, I had never heard about. I had heard about "untouchables" in India, but I thought that was, like, in feudal, ancient India, not happening now, in the ways that it is. So we explore that in the film, one of the many things that, hopefully, folks will take away.
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