NFB Collection
Carol's Mirror
199114 min 5 secFilm: Fiction, Children's film
Direction: Selwyn Jacob
Production: Penny RitcoWolf KoenigColin Neale
Script: Cheryl FoggoClem Martini
Produced by the NFB with the financial assistance of Multiculturalism Canada.
Carol is interested in playing the lead in her school's annual play. The only problem is that the school puts on "Snow White" every year, and Carol is black. After much lively debate, Carol and her classmates find a solution. Carol's Mirror challenges the use of Eurocentric materials and shows how prejudice, racism and cultural expectations place limits on what people can do with their lives. Educators are encouraged to preview the series before use and choose the dramas most age-appropriate for their students. This film is part of the Playing Fair series.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > African OriginsChildrenDiscrimination
- Social Issues > ChildrenCultural GroupsDiscrimination and Stereotyping
- Children and Youth > Cultural GroupsDiscrimination and Stereotyping
Credits
- director
- Selwyn Jacob
- producer
- Penny Ritco
- Wolf Koenig
- executive producer
- Colin Neale
- script
- Cheryl Foggo
- Clem Martini
- camera
- Susan Trow
- sound
- Hans Oomes
- editing
- MeiYen Chan
- sound editing
- Robert Labrosse
- mixer
- Robert Labrosse
- music
- Doug Blackley
- cast
- Annette Bouzi
- Max Castle
- Benjamin Steiger-Levine
- Stacey Keller
- Jocelyne Chan
- Joanna Noyes
- Dawn Tyler Watson
Awards
- Award of Merit - Category: Videotape / Government Media AgencyItinerant - AMTEC
- Best Film - Category: Guidance and Counseling International Educational Film Festival
- Gold Apple Award - Category: Cultural Adjustment / Grades 4 - 6National Educational Media Network Competition
- Silver CINDY AwardItinerant - International CINDY Competition
- Honorable Mention - Category: Social Studies / Elementary through Junior HighItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Special CommendationItinerant - CAVE (Catholic Audio-Visual Educators) Media Festival