Pathways
An ethnographic documentary film that questions college readiness, belonging, equity, and “the system” in general
Documentary filmmaking Editing
Pathways came out a of a class I took called Ethnographic Filmmaking. With two other students, I first completed a several-month-long ethnography with a class at an experimental Philadelphia public school called the Workshop School, getting to know the group and their stories, goals and adversities. Then, my team and I produced, shot and edited this documentary film. It’s our effort to encapsulate what the Workshop students and teachers taught us, namely the questions about education they encouraged us to ask. If you have 12 minutes, I hope you find this thought-provoking and worthwhile.
The filmmaking team (standing) and with John and Danielle, two of the students in the movie (seated):
