ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING

OFFICIAL COMPETITION - Local Sightings Film Festival | OFFICIAL COMPETITION - DOXA Documentary Film Festival | OFFICIAL COMPETITION - RIDM Indigenous Studies • Sociology •  Decolonial Studies • Educational Equity   Date of Completion: 2019 | Run Time: 72 minutes​​ | Language: English with French subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Jadis Dumas | Producers: Jadis Dumas, Amy Miller,  Svetla Turnin | Unavailable to Canada What does it mean for a young person to take charge of their education? ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING follows Aisha, an exuberant and creative 11-year old, of Kwakwaka'wakw descent, who has always hated public school: the mean kids, the academic pressure, the lack of artistic space - and the racism. She has only one year left at her elementary school in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but she's had enough. Her dreams don't fit into the colonial curriculum, so she wants to leave school to pursue them. While most of her family and friends are worried