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Each year, projects come to the fore at BB&N that summon from students
the three touchstone qualities that make up the School’s motto: Honor,
Scholarship, and Kindness. He Dared to Dream—a documentary film
produced last year by eight Middle Schoolers—was just such a project.
Under the guidance of Middle School Arts Department Chair Libby
Maclaren and in close collaboration with local filmmaker David
Medzorian, the students interlaced period footage and audio with
commentary shot at the Middle School to create a film focusing on the
life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and documenting the civil rights
movement from Rosa Park’s 1955 arrest to Dr. King’s 1968 assassination.
“Dr. King lived his life using what he called the weapons of love and
peace,” said Molly Davis ’11 in the film. “There was only a donkey and cart
to carry his body at the end. But surrounding that donkey and cart were
the hearts and souls of people all around the world who cried for an end
to violence and justice for everyone.”
The Middle Schoolers’ film was more than a 30-minute history lesson; it
was also a testament to the power of young adults getting in touch with
their hearts as well as their brains, engaging with difficult topics, and
producing a compelling statement on themes that resonate as strongly
today as they did 40 years ago: fairness and prejudice, kindness and
cruelty, strength and frailty.
Clockwise from bottom left: Evan Hoyt ’11, Xavier Morse ’11, Sierra Schwartz ’11, Molly Davis ’11,
Harry Posner ’12, Dash Elhauge ’12, Libby Maclaren, Hayden Kursh ’12, and Stephanie Uhlmann ’12