Community Resources

Blood Diamond

Movie Guide

This movie guide has been developed to assist in the use of popular film as an education tool for engaging learners in an exploration of issues related to Civil War, Child Soldiers, Human Rights Violations, Refugees, War Crimes, Peace Keeping, Corruption and Western Consumption. 

Please contact us if you would like a print copy.  Print copies are $3

This movie guide has been specially developed to complement movies in the Global Focus Library Collection, and are intended to be relevant and usable for a range of settings, and focus on how movies can be used to explore social and global issues.

Constant Gardener

Movie Guide

This movie guide has been developed to assist in the use of popular film as an education tool for engaging learners in an exploration of issues related to,

Regulation of drug trialling in developing countries; corruption and 'Big Pharma' (pharmaceutical companies); manipulation of money and power over the poor and powerless; the neglegence and disregard of the plight of developing countries, lack of affordable medicines in developing countries; 'Big Pharma' countrol over nations; dangerous and covert way that activists are forced to work in order to expose corruption and human rights abuses; how committed people can make a difference in hostile conditions.

Please contact us if you would like a print copy.  Print copies are $3

This movie guide has been specially developed to complement movies in the Global Focus Library Collection, and are intended to be relevant and usable for a range of settings, and focus on how movies can be used to explore social and global issues.

Hotel Rwanda

Movie Guide

This movie guide has been developed to assist in the use of popular film as an education tool for engaging learners in an exploration of issues related to,

Human Rights; racism; western attitudes towards developing nations; genocide; media responsibility (or lack of it); the nature of bravery and humanitarian action; the nature of personal and collective responsibility; the potency and effectiveness of the United Nations; questions around accountability (who should be held accountable, and does that include those who sat by and did nothing?); passive resistance (non violence);the impact of colonisation; the power of love and compassion.

Please contact us if you would like a print copy.  Print copies are $3

This movie guide has been specially developed to complement movies in the Global Focus Library Collection, and are intended to be relevant and usable for a range of settings, and focus on how movies can be used to explore social and global issues.

Global Perspectives: A Journey of Identity Through Hip Hop

CDROM: $15

The Global Perspectives Activity CD provides five self-directed and group activities that engage participants in a more detailed and personal exploration of the global perspectives that can be discovered within a study of the Hip Hop genre.