Orson Nava Has directed docs, short dramas and music videos for C4, Carlton, the BBC, Polydor records and EMI.
Most recently he graduated from the Advance Programme at The National Film and Television School where he made a 17 minute autobiographical drama entitled 'The Illiterate' about a Dyslexic boy growing up in a hippy commune.
He has also got a background working on live arts events, film festivals and lecturing in film theory and video production.
Perhaps the most crucial area where Dyslexia affects the individual is in education. It is usually the first place that the dyslexic will face difficulty and be ‘diagnosed’ as Dyslexic. The short films "bAd" (USA 2007) and "The Illiterate" (UK 2004) focus specifically on the struggle of dyslexic individuals in mainstream classes that teach in a reading/writing specific style and the two films highlight a difference in educational standards between countries and time periods.
Often the problem lays in what is demanded of the student and the tools and skills that are provided to them to achieve those goals. This focuses pressure on the role of teachers.
World wide it is now accepted that different teaching strategies lead to different outcomes in the learning process of the dyslexic individual. Education is a profoundly important part of society and looking at how dyslexia fits (or fails to do so) within this framework is hugely important to understand the complexity of the situation.
(USA, 30 minutes, 2007)
Background:
Written, directed and produced by Vincenzo Giammanco.
A child in fifth grade is labelled stupid and lazy and becomes suicidal. However his mother comes to understand the problem and finds strategies to help him overcome his dyslexia.
(UK, 15 minutes 2005)
Background:
Directed and Written by Orson Nava. is an autobiographical feature film made in the context of Orson Graduation from NFTS.
Synopsis:
Set in 1975, The Illiterate is the story of Fidel, a dyslexic ten-year-old growing up in a hippy commune, and his introduction to the power of the written word and the complexities of adult sexuality. Combining live action, animation and fantasy sequences, the film offers a window into the dark imagination of one young boy and his unusual vision of the world.
This film was made under the School's Project Development Labs programme, which concluded in December 2004.
wednesday 4-11-’09 18:15
Room: Christopher Ingold Auditorium
To find where the room is, click here.
to browser a round the room click on the picture and then move a round the cursor
Presenter: Nim Folb,
will be introducing the speakers, and guide the discussion with the audience on the film in relation with the theme and the speakers experience.