The Hodgepodge workshop was organized with the support of the Refugee Dream
Center, the Providence Children's Film Festival and Project Open Door, and involved
American-born high school students teaming up with teenagers from abroad.
The students explored the campuses of the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown
University in Providence as they collaboratively developed their projects related to the
theme of "Hodgepodge." The curriculum encouraged students to integrate their
cultural backgrounds into the process in a way that made each film entirely unique in its
own way.
THE Experience
THE MOMENTS
What did you discover?
"Our cultures are actually quite similar. I thought we'd be like vastly different,
but the way we go through our everyday lives is kind of similar." - Renina, 17
"The most valuable thing that I learned in this workshop was 'the experience.'
The experience with my group, the experience of where we went and the
experience of creating our own film was the most valuable." - Nadya, 16
"Usually when I think of a workshop I think of a very analytical process,
a very focused process, but this was more free-form. And I think that
surprised me, but it was a good surprise." - Natasha, 17
"I learned that different music, places, ideas, and cultures can combine to
form a single film." - Jonsi, 17
See the Unseen
Co-creators: Bukuru, Renina, Bertha, Nadya
High School Students Get It Done
Co-creators: Bonnet, Elijah, Ablaye, Jancy, Natasha
The Ghost
Co-creators: Mohamad, Mohammad, Luca
