Film Field Trips
We are excited to offer Film Field Trips to Hartford area schools during the week! For more information or to sign up, please email Miller Opie at mopie@realartways.org.
Since 2005, we have engaged with more than 27,000 students on our Film Field Trips.
Students visit Real Art Ways cinema on a Film Field Trip to watch documentary films on specific social issues. After the screening, a Real Art Ways educator facilitates a discussion, encouraging students to investigate the film’s topics or themes and relate them to their lives.
Why bring your students on a Film Field Trip?
Here are some of the many reasons teachers choose to bring their students on a Film Field Trip year after year.
-To support and deepen your anti-racism education initiatives
-To build and support an equity-oriented, culturally-responsive classroom
-To engage students in conversation about their capacity to affect positive social change.
-To empower your students to change the world
We will also continue to offer Virtual Film Field Trips for districts that cannot attend in person (please note in the request below which you would like to book).
Comments from attendees:
“This was such an inspiring field trip. Not only did our students learn how powerful they are but as adults we saw the biggest image of what happens when we support our kids.” – Gabrielle Bachoo, 5th Grade Teacher, Governor William Pitkin Elementary School, 2024.
“In school, these topics are sugar coated. The lyrics told the story.” 11th Grader, Kinsella Magnet School, 2024.
FFT Films:
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Mighty Times: The Children’s March
