Discussion Guide
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Grades 9-10
Grades 11-12
Portraits and Dreams Discussion Guide The Film: Participants and Key Issues
The Film: Participants and Key Issues
Key Participants
- Wendy Ewald - Photographer, Teacher, and Collaborator of Portraits and Dreams
- Russell Akemon - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Father& Employee of the Local Power Company, Kim’s Brother
- Kim Akemon - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Russel’s sister
- Delbert Shepherd - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Musician
- Denise Dixon Benge - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Artist
- Johnny Wilder - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Miner, Father,
- Robert Dean Smith - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Miner, Forager and Naturalist
- Sue Dixon Brashear - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Educator
- Gary Crase - Photographer, Co-creator of Portraits and Dreams, Scientist at Alice Lloyd College and Sign Language Teacher
Key Issues
- Arts Education & Photography
- Cultural Archiving & Memory Work
- Educational Attainment & Structural Barriers
- Intergenerational Family Support
- Impacts of Extractive Economies on the Working Poor
- Imagination, Dreams, & Notions of Success
- Power of Framing & Ethics of Representation
- Role of Reflection & Connection
- Rural Life & Opportunity
- Youth Vision and Wisdom
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