Directed by
Marianne Osório
Charlie Shread
Produced by
Wondering School
Marianne Osório
Charlie Shread
Coproduction
Mindsteel, João Sem Medo - Comunity of Evolutionary Entrepreneurs, Robert Philippi, Felipe Paiva, De Ruimte Democratic School, Permaculture Children’s House
Sponsorship
102 Collaborators
Official Support
EUDEC, The Consent Methode, Los Deurne
Category
Documentary
Theme (title)
Education Childhood Politics
ODSs
ODS 4 - Quality Education
School Circles is an independent documentary that explores the practice of democratic schools in the Netherlands. The film shows students, teachers and staff members coming together to dialogue, discuss proposals, mediate conflicts and make decisions about their school life.
However these schools not only challenge the mainstream education, but also democracy as we know it. They put into practice Sociocracy, a method for collective organisation based on self-regulating systems, in which the decisions are made through consent. School Circles connects the theory of sociocracy to its practice within schools, taking us to new possibilities of organising ourselves and our communities.
Cast
De Ruimte Democratic School
DOE Democratic Education Eindhoven
LOS Sociocratic Learning Environment
De Vallei Democratic Primary Education
VO De Vallei Democratic Secondary Education
De Vrije Ruimte Democratic Education
The Sociocracy Group
Other members
Camera Operator & Additional Photography
Luke Flegg
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