CISV families meet monthly and the Victoria chapter is accepting new members. CISV Victoria’s innovative, fun, non-formal peace education ‘learning by doing’ local program for teens explore theme topics and encourage youth to take a leading role in planning and organizing activities. The foundation Village Program brings together 48 eleven-year-old children (2 boys and 2 girls) from 12 CISV member countries to spend four weeks living, learning and playing together as friends. CISV educates and inspires action for a more just and peaceful world and through a global community of dedicated volunteers, based in over two hundred cities worldwide, creating opportunities for youth to experience the enrichment of cultural diversity through unique educational programs. Limited tickets will be available at the door.ĬISV was founded on the belief that a culture of peace is possible through education and friendship, and that a real difference can be made by starting with children. There are three shows starting at 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm.Īdvance tickets are available via EventBrite and are fairly priced at $5.00 for Children/Youth/Students and $10.00 General admission.
#I AM ELEVEN MOVIE MOVIE#
Straight forward and personal with frank openness and sometimes naivety of childhood, and the sharp and surprisingly brave wisdom and knowing of adulthood this movie is a must see for anyone who is, or once was, eleven-years-old.ĬISV Victoria is proud to present Victoria’s premiere of the movie I AM ELEVEN at Uvic’s Cinecenta Theatre on Saturday February 20, 2016. Each of their situations allows a single glimpse into a young mind, and combine to provide a powerful insight into the future of our world. These ‘not quite kids, not quite teenagers’ share thoughts on a range of subjects such as love, war, global warming, music, terrorism, culture, family, happiness, religion and the future. 0 Comments 11 Foods That Were Engineered To Be Instagrammed Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino is just the latest in a long line of foods that were made to look good on social media. I AM ELEVEN weaves together deeply personal and at times hilarious portraits of what it means to linger briefly at this transitional age. None of which adds up to much of a thesis, just an interesting skip across the surface of the planet and kids living on it.I am Eleven at UVIC’s Cinecenta Theatre Image: Henrik NordstromĪustralian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey travelled the world for six years talking with 11-year-olds to create an insightful, funny and moving documentary portrait of childhood.įrom an orphanage in India, to a single-parent household in inner-city Melbourne, Australia, to bathing with elephants in Thailand, I AM ELEVEN explores the lives and thoughts of children from 15 different countries. She revisited some of the kids a few years later and we see how Grace, the British poetess is turning out, and how Sahin, the Iraqi rapper who talks a thug’s game, is settled into Sweden. The whole enterprise is beautifully shot, but feels haphazard with bits of back story filled in here, ignored there. German and Georgian, Jewish and Aboriginal, none of the kids have anything important to say about religion, love and their hopes for the future. There’s a Swedish/Iraqi rapper and an Aussie kid living and working with a Thai one in an elephant compound in Thailand. Others are transplants, part of this era’s ease of movement. She’s 11 and attending “two cram classes a week,” in addition to school, to prep her for all-important, life-altering exams. Rika, the Japanese child, demonstrates the customs of her country and the pressures. Because we’re like, messed-up financially.” A stylish, introspective French kid, Remi, loves “snakes and I don’t like racist people at all.” Politically correct, even at 11.īilly, the plump working class Brit, needs subtitles, partly because of his thick accent, partly because we learn he had learning/socializing issues when he was younger.Īn Asian American smart aleck declares, “I’m going to be a tree for Christmas. Siham, a girl in Morocco, takes coaching from her mother, off-camera, about the hardships of their lives (women “not allowed to work” and the men often unemployed). But they’re more grateful to have a home, friends and a decent diet than concerned with “having as much fun” as Bailey. They smile, shyly, and talk about their lives. Then she visits an orphanage in India where the little girls are doing chores and taking care of the younger children at the home. At 11, she says, a child is learning about the ever-widening world he or she is a part of, and yet still can feel it’s “at our feet.” She says in the film’s introduction that she was trying to capture the most magical year of her youth. Review: ‘I Am Eleven’ skims over familiar documentary ground – The Mercury News