Beyond the Narrative: Identity in Crisis in Midi Onodera’s Short Films A Guide for Postsecondary Education

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ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL GUIDES SERIES One of the central goals of Archive/Counter-Archive is to increase public engagement with our partner organizations and their collections through an “activation” of archival materials that foregrounds the pressing need to rethink what archives can/might do in the 21st century. In order to achieve this goal, we have developed a series of Educational Guides designed to accompany film and video from A/CA’s Case Studies and facilitate their integration into K-12 and postsecondary classrooms. About the Guide This guide introduces a selection of films by Midi Onodera curated by Axelle Demus and Chloë Brushwood Rose. It includes a curatorial essay by Axelle Demus, a list of 6 films suggested for classroom viewing, synopses, and discussion questions oriented toward a range of thematic areas. We recommend previewing the works before you screen them for your students and reading the contextualizing information provided in this guide. Please note that Ten Cents A Dance (Parallax) (1985) contains explicit sexual content. We recommend informing your students that this content is part of the film before you watch it with them. As part of the project, Archive/Counter-Archive has produced a number of educational guides. All A/CA guides are available digitally and for free at counterarchive.ca