Field Trips
Media Arts Center San Diego presents…
Field Trip to the Digital Gym CINEMA
Educators and students! Help us introduce future generations to the joys of watching films communally on the BIG screen; as well as promote careers in media arts and the importance of media literacy.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and define the processes, techniques, and applications
used in creating media work and how it impacts us. - Practice storytelling and empathy building.
- Analyze, interpret ideas, issues and/or experiences presented in
media texts. - Strengthen an understanding of visual literacy and film language.
- Evaluate media in regards to other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of digital citizenship and a sense of responsibility in the media arts.
Location: Digital Gym CINEMA at UCSD Park & Market, 1100 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Diego, CA 92101
Donation: $3-5 sliding scale per person or FREE for under-resourced schools. Limited concession items will be available for purchase.
Time: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM, Tuesdays thru Fridays.
Capacity: 54 Students (Max)
Grades: 5-12
Note: Schools must arrive at the Digital Gym CINEMA by 9:30 AM. This event will be photographed.
Choose one of these movies:
SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM
Synopsis: This feature length documentary film is a multilayered portrait of Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez – musician, composer and community activist from San Diego. From the early days of the Chicano civil rights movement alongside Cesar Chavez through today’s immigrants’ rights protests, Chunky has used music to energize our political imagination in the struggle for social justice. Our film examines how Chunky’s inspiring career as a musician is interwoven with the broader history of the Chicano movement, a cultural movement nearly forgotten today. A portrait of one charismatic musician and activist allows us to revisit this pivotal era in American history and to provoke dialogue about the many hurdles that had to be overcome to gain equal rights for Mexican Americans.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJksV1zcEyE
THE KITCHENISTAS
Synopsis: This award-winning film is about women advocating for healthy food traditions to change communities and transform lives. What started as a 7-week nutrition program seven years ago in National City (CA) for women seeking healthier diets, has become a Latina-led movement to raise the health, wellbeing, and resilience of the community.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1X85sh8bmM
CONNECTEDvoces
Synopsis: CONNECTEDvoces is a new youth media project aligning Media Arts Center San Diego’s existing educational filmmaking initiatives and programs under a central theme of mental health, uniting San Diego’s youth in several low rated HPI communities including the Encanto neighborhood in Southeast San Diego, City Heights, and San Marcos in North County. Education programs featured in this project include the Emerging Makers of Second Chance, the Workforce Development Initiative in City Heights, the Teen Producers Project, Migrant Education in North County, the Hoover Heights Media Project, and the Young Producer’s Accelerator.
BOOK A SCREENING: School Interest Form
Info: 619-230-1938 or larry@mediaartscenter.org