🖤 For Black History Month, join us in celebrating the first Black classical music composer in France: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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For Black History Month, join us in celebrating the first Black classical music composer in France: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.Inspired by the incredible true story of Bologne in 18th century France, Disney's Chevalier takes place during the lead up to the French Revolution. The film sheds light on the realities of France at this time and can ignite student interest in learning more about the French Revolution as well as this remarkable historical figure.
Our free Chevalier Discussion Guide also explores Bologne's legacy; Beginnings, Opportunity, and Excellence; and Race and Identity. For grades 11-12, adult/higher ed.
This is also a great film for Music in Our Schools Month in March!
Chevalier - Journeys in Film
Free discussion guide for Chevalier coming soon - expand student learning about the French Revolution with this engaging narrative film
Journeys in Film (journeysinfilm.org)
#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #History #Histodons #BlackVoices #Education #Movies #ClassicalMusic #Music #Homeschooling #Disney #ChevalierDeSaintGeorges #FrenchHistory #WorldHistory #FrenchRevolution
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For Black History Month, join us in celebrating the first Black classical music composer in France: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Inspired by the incredible true story of Bologne in 18th century France, Disney's Chevalier takes place during the lead up to the French Revolution. The film sheds light on the realities of France at this time and can ignite student interest in learning more about the French Revolution as well as this remarkable historical figure.
Our free Chevalier Discussion Guide also explores Bologne's legacy; Beginnings, Opportunity, and Excellence; and Race and Identity. For grades 11-12, adult/higher ed.
This is also a great film for Music in Our Schools Month in March!
Chevalier - Journeys in Film
Free discussion guide for Chevalier coming soon - expand student learning about the French Revolution with this engaging narrative film
Journeys in Film (journeysinfilm.org)
#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #History #Histodons #BlackVoices #Education #Movies #ClassicalMusic #Music #Homeschooling #Disney #ChevalierDeSaintGeorges #FrenchHistory #WorldHistory #FrenchRevolution
Oh no… I was momentarily encouraged that actor playing the young Joseph actually plays the violin, but then subsequent scenes in the trailer made it evident that the adult actor does *not* play the violin
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Oh no… I was momentarily encouraged that actor playing the young Joseph actually plays the violin, but then subsequent scenes in the trailer made it evident that the adult actor does *not* play the violin
@DavidM_yeg It's a huge casting challenge with music-focused films!
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@DavidM_yeg It's a huge casting challenge with music-focused films!
In my viewing experience it’s a challenge that directors rarely rise to.
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In my viewing experience it’s a challenge that directors rarely rise to.
@DavidM_yeg Are there any music films that stand out for you for great musician casting?
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@DavidM_yeg Are there any music films that stand out for you for great musician casting?
Honestly, I can’t think of one… no wait - Soul did a great job (even though it’s animated)
I’ll be honest, I often avoid films centred around musician characters (especially string players) for just this reason.
In most films even extras or background cast clearly don’t play, and you’d think there’s no shortage of people who could, they just can’t be bothered to make the effort. It’s painfully un-ignorably obvious to anyone with even moderate training, and the player doesn’t need to have reached a very high level to make it believable, but it is a level that can’t be reached through quick study *during* a production.
If I want to watch inexpert pantomime I’d rather go to my community theatre than see this level of unprofessionalism in a big budget production.
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Honestly, I can’t think of one… no wait - Soul did a great job (even though it’s animated)
I’ll be honest, I often avoid films centred around musician characters (especially string players) for just this reason.
In most films even extras or background cast clearly don’t play, and you’d think there’s no shortage of people who could, they just can’t be bothered to make the effort. It’s painfully un-ignorably obvious to anyone with even moderate training, and the player doesn’t need to have reached a very high level to make it believable, but it is a level that can’t be reached through quick study *during* a production.
If I want to watch inexpert pantomime I’d rather go to my community theatre than see this level of unprofessionalism in a big budget production.
️@DavidM_yeg @JourneysInFilm here’s an “opposite” example. In Find Me Falling Harry Connick, Jr. plays a one-hit wonder musician. In one scene he’s writing a new song on his guitar, and singing the words he’s written. But the chords he’s playing - and he really is playing - are jazz shapes, not the cowboy chords you’d expect to see for the type of musician he’s playing/the genre of song he’s writing.
(In any scene that involves musicians my wife routinely asks me, are they really playing?)
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