Pangeaday is an International Film Festival inspired by visionary documentary film maker Jehane Noujaim. This film festival is designed to use the power of film in order to emphasize tolerance and unite the people of the world.
Not as a graded or assigned project, we students were introduced to Pangeaday through our Peace Studies teacher, Mrs. Bazinet. Our teacher gave us total freedom to create any type of film that would represent us as students, teenagers, and humanitarians. Mrs. Bazinet was hoping that we would run with the idea of creating an inspirational film, and when we pitched her the idea, "The Power of Hands," she was extremely pleased.
We believe that "The Power of Hands" has immense potential to be inspirational and persuasive. We also believe that our short film depicts a positive outlook of us as teenagers, without the superficial stereotype. The film represents us as a school and us as a nation—how we, as a young and educated generation, realize that we have the power to influence the future, and how we aspire to influence for the better. We seek to show that we are willing to take matters into are own hands and we are willing to lend a helping hand. "The Power of Hands" highlights voiceless and faceless beauty, a universal concept that the hands that destroy are the same hands that help, the awareness that love is more powerful than hatred, and the notion that we, as the people of the world, have the power in our hands because we have the choice of what to do with our hands and what to fill them with. As teenagers, we took advantage of our beautiful and powerful hands to create a motivational film.
We would like to thank all who "lent a helping hand" to our team during the creation of this film. A special thanks to the several students and faculty members of Auburn High School, especially Mrs. Bazinet. Also, we would like to thank "The Books" for giving us permission to use their brilliant music which served as the voiceless eloquence in our film.
Enjoy!
"The Power of Hands" Team at Auburn High School
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