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The “circle time” is a pedagogical and educational tool that operates a revolution of classical school settings: no more desks. Students, sitting on the ground, form a circle, within which standard assessment is replaced by to openmindness, to non-judgmental listening, to personal time for sharing. Narrating this method is the focus of Sophie Chiarello’s documentary, which explores and represents the life of a primary classroom along five years. It’s not a documentary about children, rather, it’s a documentary where they, as protagonists, rise fundamental social issues: who are children? What relationship they bear with adults? What’s the role of eduction and pedagogy in this relationship? Sophie Chiarello’s Il cerchio is a a moment of reflection on the growth and formation of our society.
IL CERCHIO directed by Sophie Chiarello
artwork designed for the film review “Registi fuori dagli sche(r)mi” edited by Luigi Abiusi for Apulia Film Commission
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photo: APULIA FILM COMMISSION
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