S2.E8 ∙ Troll Takeover & Stuffing Animals

I have been a story teller of the oral tradition for 35 yrs. This an impromptu recording of a description of youth with Grandma's stories and a reading from a book my sister and I compiled.

Being and Becoming explore the choice not to school ones children, to trust them and to let them learn freely what they are passionate about. Through four countries, the US, Germany (where it's illegal not to go to school), France and the UK, the film is a truth quest about the natural desire to learn.

In the heart of modern Athens the only park is the National Garden. That is where the film's protagonists seek refuge. People of every age and origin, workers, occasional visitors, all seek relief from the major and minor dramas of their everyday lives in this oasis.

Is it OK to throw away the old wedding dress? What do you do with the crystal glasses that nobody wants? A Separation by Karin Ekberg is a tragicomic documentary that portrays the very last acts of a long marriage. A film about the tentative search for a beginning of what - finally, and unfortunately - is over.

A musical narrative documentary about what happens when a deaf child joins a stage troupe of hearing children.

As man's best friend, dogs are widely embraced as beings of innate kindness, loyalty and unconditional love. We will test these traits first hand as Matt, an eighteen year old boy affected by autism, shares the secrets of his friendship with Finn, his autism companion dog. Can a dog teach him the safety, comfort and love he can't learn from his human family?