WESTALL '66: A SUBURBAN UFO MYSTERY
June 3rd 2010 12:57
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WESTALL '66
Link: westall66ufo.com.au
WESTALL '66: A SUBURBAN UFO MYSTERY
WORLD PREMIERE ON THE SCI FI CHANNEL, FOXTEL
8.30 PM, FRIDAY 4 JUNE 2010
Repeat screenings at 11.05am and 6.30pm on Saturday 5 June
Westall '66: a suburban UFO mystery is an intriguing real-life mystery set in an Australian high school in 1966. It is an excellent resource for introducing middle and upper secondary students to the problems of truth and memory and the issues surrounding how we know what we know. It can be used in:
-- History / SOSE / HSIE:
A case study exploring historical method and What is history? in the National Curriculum for History
-- English:
Narrative storytelling
-- Psychology:
The phenomenon of group hysteria
-- Politics:
The cold war
-- Media Studies:
The nature of documentary film
Synopsis
Forty-four years after hundreds of students, teachers and local residents who witnessed a UFO fly over their Melbourne suburb were silenced by authorities, amateur detective Shane Ryan is going back to find an answer to the mystery.
Over three years in the making, with thousands of hours of research and more than 250 witnesses contacted, the film delves into the collective memory of this extraordinary incident. Students, teachers and local workers all share, in startling detail, their recollections of the day's events. Many of their stories are revealed here for the first time.
Unfolding like a classic detective story, the film is both a riveting investigation into Australia's own 'Roswell' and a powerful examination of belief, truth, imagination and memory.
Resources
ATOM have produced a study guide for the film, which can be downloaded for free at metromagazine.com
There is also a trailer which can be viewed at the above web address.
WORLD PREMIERE ON THE SCI FI CHANNEL, FOXTEL
8.30 PM, FRIDAY 4 JUNE 2010
Repeat screenings at 11.05am and 6.30pm on Saturday 5 June
Westall '66: a suburban UFO mystery is an intriguing real-life mystery set in an Australian high school in 1966. It is an excellent resource for introducing middle and upper secondary students to the problems of truth and memory and the issues surrounding how we know what we know. It can be used in:
-- History / SOSE / HSIE:
A case study exploring historical method and What is history? in the National Curriculum for History
-- English:
Narrative storytelling
-- Psychology:
The phenomenon of group hysteria
-- Politics:
The cold war
-- Media Studies:
The nature of documentary film
Synopsis
Forty-four years after hundreds of students, teachers and local residents who witnessed a UFO fly over their Melbourne suburb were silenced by authorities, amateur detective Shane Ryan is going back to find an answer to the mystery.
Over three years in the making, with thousands of hours of research and more than 250 witnesses contacted, the film delves into the collective memory of this extraordinary incident. Students, teachers and local workers all share, in startling detail, their recollections of the day's events. Many of their stories are revealed here for the first time.
Unfolding like a classic detective story, the film is both a riveting investigation into Australia's own 'Roswell' and a powerful examination of belief, truth, imagination and memory.
Resources
ATOM have produced a study guide for the film, which can be downloaded for free at metromagazine.com
There is also a trailer which can be viewed at the above web address.
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