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Scout's Honor
"To be physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight," is the Boy Scout Oath.
Millions of boys have joined. But today, if you are gay, you can't. Witness how one young boy changes the course of Scouting forever.
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Let's Get Real
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Name-calling and bullying have reached epidemic proportions in schools today. Let's Get Real gives young people the chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind the problem. With amazing courage and candor, the students featured in Let's Get Real discuss racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and more. From the youth who are targeted to the students who pick on them to those who find the courage to intervene, Let's Get Real examines bullying from the full range of perspectives. This poignant film educates audiences of all ages about why we can no longer accept name-calling and bullying as just a normal rite of passage.
Let's Get Real is now widely used to jump-start violence-prevention and multicultural educational programs all over the United States, and throughout the world. And it is a must-see for any adults who work with young adolescents.
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"Let's Get Real is simple, honest and oh so effective. ...This can't-miss discussion starter is highly recommended for both school and public librariies."--
-- Booklist, American Library Association
Booklist Full Review: The format is simple, honest, and oh so effective. Numerous middle-school students talk about bullying and harassment. The "N" word, tar baby, jew, faggot, gay, homo, geek, dork, fatso, retarded, diaper head, big ass, and dog are jut a few of the names the kids have been called. Colorful graphics, pulsating background music and classroom and playground footage (one boy is intentionally knoecked off his bike) accompany the head shots. Various bullies speak too, including one who admits he "likes making people mad." A few studens tell how good they felt after they stood up to bullies who were harassing others. Comments expressing a desire to shoot the bullies or "kill myself" are frighteningly realistic and heartbreaking. This cant-miss discussion starter is highly recommended for both school and public libraries. Includes guide.
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About Debra Chasnoff |
 Debra Chasnoff is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has fueled progressive social-change movements in many fields. She is a the executive director at GroundSpark, formerly Women's Educational Media, and co-creator of The Respect for All Project, a program that produces media and training resources to help prevent prejudice among young people.
Her Respect for All films include: Let's Get Real (2003; director/producer), a powerful documentary about young teens' experiences with name-calling and bullying in which youth speak up about racial tensions, anti-gay taunting, sexual harassment and much more; That's a Family! (2000; director/producer), which looks at family diversity from a kids' perspective, and was screened at the (Clinton!) White House and been embraced by scores of national children's advocacy, education and civil-rights organizations; and It's Elementary - Talking About Gay Issues in School (1996; director/producer), which was hailed as "a model of intelligent directing" by International Documentary and has served as a catalyst for schools all over the world to become more proactive in addressing anti-gay prejudice in the classroom.
In 2007, Chasnoff directed It's STILL Elementary, a retrospective look at why It's Elementary was originally produced, the response it drew from the conservative right, and the impact the film has had on the national safe schools movement and some of the original students who appeared in the film.
Chasnoff's other film credits include the Oscar-winning Deadly DeceptionGeneral Electric, Nuclear Weapons & Our Environment (1991; director/producer), a crucial component of a successful international grassroots campaign to pressure GE out of the nuclear-weapons industry; Homes & Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action (1998; co-director), which is used extensively to inspire local communities to explore new models of creating permanently affordable housing; Wired for What? (1999; director/producer), part of the PBS series Digital Divide about the push to computerize education; Choosing Children (1984; director/producer), which explored the once seemingly impossible idea that lesbians and gay men could become parents; One Wedding and a Revolution (2004:Director/Co-producer), captures the frantic days leading up to the bold political decision of San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to start issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Chasnoff serves on the national advisory board for Frameline, the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and Jewish Voices for Peace. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and lives in San Francisco with her two school-age children, who have been the inspiration for many of her films.
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