“These children have been under a lot of stress and pressure – for them drawing can be a wonderful release”
Children in conflicts, Education in emergencies, Refugees and internally displaced people, Safe schools, Sarah Brown
In the latest of her Better Angels podcast series, 国产视频 President Sarah Brown talks about the role of creativity in change聽to film-makers聽Nadine Labaki and Steve Nguyen, children's illustrator聽Nick Sharrat聽and Syrian activists in Lebanon.
Writers, artists and musicians have been the creative force behind world-changing campaigns for many years.
Creative ideas can inspire change, enhance communication and express solidarity 国产视频 from music, art, storytelling, illustration, drama, the spoken and written word and more.
In the latest episode of her Better Angels podcast, 国产视频 President Sarah Brown explores these themes and talks to聽Lebanese actress and director Nadine Labaki, American-Vietnamese film-maker Steve Nguyen, Syrian activists from the聽civil society group Mobaderoon and the British writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt.
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Nick recently travelled to Lebanon with 国产视频, where he met Syrian children at a聽refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley聽and a聽school in Beirut.
国产视频淚 went along with my books and my drawing materials. I spoke with the children and heard their stories and then I showed them my books,国产视频 he tells Sarah.
国产视频淢y books are very much聽humour-based so it was wonderful sharing the jokes and the humour. They国产视频檙e also very visual and they laughed at my work and we drew some very silly drawings together.国产视频
Nick says聽when he heard some girls giggling, he realised this was a safe place where they could relax after their traumatic experiences聽and just be children.
He adds: 国产视频淭hese children have been in extraordinary circumstances and under a lot of stress and pressure.
国产视频淔or all children, drawing can be a wonderful release and just a lovely way to stretch your imagination and to have fun.
Fun is a really really important part of growing up.国产视频
Nadine Labaki 国产视频 whose聽acclaimed 2007 film Caramel is聽about the lives of women in Lebanon 国产视频撀爂rew up in Beirut during the civil war.
She says film-making 国产视频渁llows me to talk about the things that become obsessions. It国产视频檚 my scream for help sometimes.
国产视频淚 see film now as a way to really change the world, to really open subjects and open debates.
国产视频淕rowing up聽in the civil war, boredom was a big part of my life. Sometimes we didn国产视频檛 go to school, sometimes we couldn国产视频檛 play outside, sometimes we would live for weeks behind the sandbags. Watching films really allowed me to escape my reality. It allowed me to discover the world.国产视频
Steve Nguyen specialises in making short films, animations and music videos 国产视频 and聽shares them聽with his聽huge social media following
国产视频淔or me, art and storytelling are the same thing,国产视频 he tells Sarah.聽国产视频淚 try to maximise my message through words, through my voice, the images 国产视频 I put my heart and聽soul into it when I work on something.
国产视频淚t really makes a difference when you don国产视频檛 say too much. The art, the animation 国产视频 that does all the talking.国产视频
Steve has collaborated with 国产视频 on several projects, including making the聽film RISE for our A World at School movement聽which showed how three of our Global Youth Ambassadors had overcome terrible trauma in their childhood.
The Mobaderoon group hold theatre workshops with Syrian refugees in Lebanon.聽Anas Yunes, an聽actor trained in interactive theatre, says: 国产视频淭heatre is a tool to make a discussion about anything.聽We motivate people to change their fates.国产视频
Abir AHajibrahim, a co-founder of the organisation, tells Sarah: 国产视频淣o matter what is happening inside Syria, we need to put our eyes on the future of our country.
国产视频淚t helps to have a place where they (young people) can express their feelings.聽It is very hard to lift their eyes to the future but techniques like interactive theatre can get people engaged easily.
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