Using the cinema as the classroom ASK WHY? FILM CLUB encourages school students to engage with contemporary social and environmental issues through watching critically acclaimed documentaries.
THE WHY (supported by Københavns Kommune) invites students to cinema screenings of thought-provoking documentary films several times each academic year. Each screening features an introduction and/ or Q&A from the director/ producer/ relevant representative from a related non-profit.
Using the cinema as the classroom ASK WHY? FILM CLUB encourages school students to engage with contemporary social and environmental issues through watching critically acclaimed documentaries.
THE WHY (supported by Københavns Kommune) invites students to cinema screenings of thought-provoking documentary films several times each academic year. Each screening features an introduction and/ or Q&A from the director/ producer/ relevant representative from a related non-profit.
Our preeminent documentary strand is curated annually and distributed through BBC World News and to over 70 local broadcast partners. These films are not available to watch online, but you can read more about each of the films in our series here:
Using the power of strong storytelling as the foundation of the campaign, six compelling and informative documentary films will uncover the lives of men, women and children living as slaves in all corners of the world. Whether it is the deeply flawed Kafala System in the Middle East or the prolific number of children bought and sold in India, the WHY SLAVERY? series will shine a light on the millions of lives lived in the shadow of enslavement.Following the unprecedented success of Why Democracy? and Why Poverty? THE WHY is creating a ground-breaking new cross-media project that asks why slavery remains so endemic in the 21st Century.We aim to create the largest ever public media campaign about modern slavery reaching an unprecedented number of people through broadcast partners, online engagement, and in public spaces like schools, libraries, museums factories, and even football stadiums.
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Over 600 students have participated in ASK WHY? FILM CLUB.
100% of teachers considered the topics of interest to their students. With 80% reporting that the films were directly relevant to their curriculum.
Students felt inspired to think critically and debate with each other.
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Show WHY STORIES? and become part of a global network of broadcasters. We operate with sliding-scale fees dependent on ability to pay. We donate World Stories free of charge to most broadcasters in low and middle-income countries.
Tell your story to a global audience: we are constantly on the lookout for good films. If you have film you think could be part of WHY STORIES? let us know. World Stories films are paid a standard license fee to cover worldwide distribution.
Support us to extend access to independent factual films about the key global issues facing the world today. We work with a wide range of partners to extend access to independent factual films to audiences around the world.
In addition to the broadcast of Why Slavery? films we are working with schools, universities, non-profit organizations and film festivals around the world to ensure the films reach a broad and diverse audience.
Join us for a free screening of the award-winning film: A Woman Captured - 16:45 in Cinemateket
Join us for the free screening of Jailed in America, from Academy award-winning Director Roger Ross Williams.
Join us for a free film screening of Maid in Hell, followed by a Q&A with the director Søren Klovborg.
Want to be part of the WHY SLAVERY? campaign & put on your own event?
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