Screen Education

Peer to Peer: Helping Teens Navigate Friendship in the Age of Social Media

Words Catherine Manning

A Stealthy Revolution: Tradition and Destabilisation in Ousmane Sembéne’s Moolaadé

Words Hamish Ford

Cinema Science: Using the Force of Star Wars

Words Dave Crewe

The Guitar Gently Weeps: Death and Memory in Coco

Words Meg Roberts

We Unhappy Few: Muddy Morality and Ugly Truth in David Michôd’s The King

Words Anthony Carew

Fighting the Future: Risk, Resistance and Rebellion in Stan’s The Commons

Words Rebekah Brammer

Hidden Treasures: Adolescent Adventures in Dora and the Lost City of Gold: A live-action reboot of the popular children’s TV series Dora the Explorer, James Bobin’s film ages up its protagonists and places them within a high-stakes adventure narrative. By pairing familiar characters with high school dramas and issues surrounding exploration and cultural sensitivity, the film provides plenty of conversation starters for an upper primary and junior secondary audience who may have enjoyed the show in younger years, writes Carolyn Leslie.

Words Carolyn Leslie