maandag 27 mei 2013

Music Changes Lives

Filmed over the course of a school year, Music Changes Lives follows the progress of two Dublin schools – St. Agnes’s in Crumlin, and St. Ultan’s in Cherry Orchard, both of which are providing compulsory music tuition for all children in the schools. The results are astounding.
Music Changes Lives is a groundbreaking and inspirational four-part observational documentary series about the transformative power of music. Through extraordinary access to their personal stories, the series will show how the simple act of learning to play an instrument can give children a better chance in life, a fresh start and a brighter future.
Every child in the school now has the opportunity to play an instrument and many do. In a much wider social context, what this project has also achieved is a vast improvement in discipline and behaviour issues in the schools and has also fostered a much more positive outlook for future prospects and expectations among the students.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY4xrmj22LE&feature=share&list=PL1DE1B41D4D1A6C50

zaterdag 25 mei 2013

SEEKING ELVIS

http://blip.tv/api.swf#AYOJ8CUC

American humorist Dave Barry said it best: Eventually everybody has to die, except Elvis. In many ways in both culture and the law, Elvis Presley never really died.
Shot mostly at Elvis’ former Chino Canyon home in Palm Springs, California, Seeking Elvis explores how Elvis, in many ways, is still alive.
Today, after more than 35 years since Elvis Presley’s death in 1977, the King of Rock and Roll lives on to profit, both for the owners of Dead Elvis, Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), but also for others who seek to live off the many products and derivatives of this dead entertainment icon.
Elvis lives on today in both media, culture, commercial exploitation and general social expression. The fans still seeks Elvis, while others seek to profit…