COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016) (trailer)

Name: COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016)
Uploaded: 2019-09-02T21:15:11
Duration: 38 min
Description: Common Notions is a film about the Purple Thistle Centre, a youth-run arts and activism space in Vancouver, BC, and about education, learning, friendship, and youth liberation. Common Notions is a Joyful Threads Productions: http://joyfulthreadsproductions.com/ A documentary by carla bergman and Corin Browne. It premiered at DOXA Festival in May 2016.

Common Notions is a film about the Purple Thistle Centre, a youth-run arts and activism space in Vancouver, BC, and about education, learning, friendship, and youth liberation. Common Notions is a Joyful Threads Productions: http://joyfulthreadsproductions.com/ A documentary by carla bergman and Corin Browne. It premiered... read more

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