Alternative Learning

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0h 11m

★ 10.0

When mainstream fails, there’s always an alternative!

Overview

The short documentary “Alternative Learning” dives into the transformative impact of Oasis Skateboard Factory, an alternative school that reimagines education through creativity, entrepreneurship, and hands-on learning. By using skateboards as a unique teaching tool, the school equips teens with practical skills in marketing, business, English, and design.

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Documentary

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Humber College

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Cast

CJ Mullen

Lauren Hortie

Craig Morrison

Bishop Durell

Cole Casiss

Erin Zimmerman

Tyler Dees

Willow Armstrong

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The Birdhouse team touring all over Australia.

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Couch Man

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Skateboarding's First Wave

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Hustlers of Dubai

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Dubai - the city of controversies. Six individuals go through personal insecurities, cultural pressures, money issues and the hustle of staying true to who they are. In the world that says otherwise. Is it all really worth it ? The film touches upon Arab identity, female role in the world, family values, Islam.

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Matthew's Big Big Day

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The detailed origin story of a man unlike any other, who must come to grips with his mortality as he braves the streets of Northridge high on 100mg of weed.

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Cliché - Freedom Fries

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7.2

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A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

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American Teen

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A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.

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Holy Stokes! A Real Life Happening

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Expedition One: Gone Fishin'

Dec 23, 2014

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Canvas: The Skateboarding Documentary

Oct 20, 1998

Documentary following the Hardcore 900 Degrees Tour, Australia, Easter 1998.

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Foundation - Whippersnappers

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Keegan McCutchen sets the stage with his first part for the F Troop, followed by a barrage of heavy rips from the whole squad. Aidan Campbell earns the curtain call with a jaw-dropping offering for the ages.

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Money for Blood

Jun 1, 2007

Three days of skateboarding on Australia's Gold Coast, featuring the World's best skaters.

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All This Mayhem

Jul 10, 2014

A searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.

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Namaste Nepal

Jan 1, 2009

American high school students from the privileged Silicon Valley travel to Manang, Nepal in this documentary about how travel and life experiences can change personal perceptions. Together with a group of Manangi high schoolers, the students expand their cultural knowledge and experience a slice of life as a citizen of the globe.

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Thrasher - King of the Road 2011

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