Ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall was interviewed by EarthSayers.tv in April 2014, focusing on children in Indian institutional settings. His projects include films from

Ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall was interviewed by EarthSayers.tv in April 2014, focusing on children in Indian institutional settings. His projects include films from The Doon School, such as "Doon School Chronicles" (2000), and work at Rishi Valley School. His experimental film "SchoolScapes" (2007), made at Rishi Valley, won the Basil Wright Film Prize. His latest film, "Gandhi's Children" (2008), focuses on a New Delhi children's shelter.

MacDougall authored "Transcultural Cinema" (1998) and "The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses" (2006). Educated at Harvard University and UCLA, he has resided in Australia since 1975. A more complete biography is available here.

Mr. Bhatt brings over 25 years of teaching and leadership experience, having significantly shaped internationalized education in China for nearly two decades. He served as a founding or academic

Mr. Bhatt brings over 25 years of teaching and leadership experience, having significantly shaped internationalized education in China for nearly two decades. He served as a founding or academic principal at institutions like Beijing Renda Fuzhong, Nanjing Jinling High School, and Suzhou International Academy. Currently, he designs and delivers training programs for educators at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

His research interests include Educational Leadership, Building Sustainable Schools, Self-seeking, Fear, and Creativity. Influenced by J. Krishnamurti, his educational philosophy centers on preparing children to face themselves and the world as it is. In his free time, he enjoys nature, existentialist literature, writing poetry, and playing badminton.

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