A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with a seemingly simple prompt: what is the opposite of a gun?
An experience a schoolteacher has in his class becomes a poem created for a Gun Violence Awareness Day rally, lines from which become banners at the March for Our Lives demonstration. Brendan Constantine’s poem The Opposites Game has had some journey. Now an animated short created by Lisa LaBracio and Anna Samo for the TED-Ed There’s a Poem for That series, Constantine’s powerful words continue to travel the world, inspiring discussion about gun control.
A flower? A hug? A midwife? What is the opposite of a gun? Based around a classroom game of antonyms, this is the question at the heart of Constantine’s poem, cleverly translated to screen by directorial duo LaBracio and Samo.
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A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with a seemingly simple prompt: what is the opposite of a gun?
An experience a schoolteacher has in his class becomes a poem created for a Gun Violence Awareness Day rally, lines from which become banners at the March for Our Lives demonstration. Brendan Constantine’s poem The Opposites Game has had some journey. Now an animated short created by Lisa LaBracio and Anna Samo for the TED-Ed There’s a Poem for That series, Constantine’s powerful words continue to travel the world, inspiring discussion about gun control.
A flower? A hug? A midwife? What is the opposite of a gun? Based around a classroom game of antonyms, this is the question at the heart of Constantine’s poem, cleverly translated to screen by directorial duo LaBracio and Samo.
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A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with a seemingly simple prompt: what is the opposite of a gun?
An experience a schoolteacher has in his class becomes a poem created for a Gun Violence Awareness Day rally, lines from which become banners at the March for Our Lives demonstration. Brendan Constantine’s poem The Opposites Game has had some journey. Now an animated short created by Lisa LaBracio and Anna Samo for the TED-Ed There’s a Poem for That series, Constantine’s powerful words continue to travel the world, inspiring discussion about gun control.
A flower? A hug? A midwife? What is the opposite of a gun? Based around a classroom game of antonyms, this is the question at the heart of Constantine’s poem, cleverly translated to screen by directorial duo LaBracio and Samo.
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