剧情：Livesandlanguageontheedge:ThreeteensfromtheBronxtelltheirstoriesoffriendship,loveandstruggle,andshowhowaradicalpoetryclasscanignitechange. ToBeHeardisthestoryofthreeteensfromtheSouthBronxwhosestruggletochangetheirlivesbeginswhentheystarttowritepoetry.Aswritingandrecitingbecomevehiclesfortheirexpressionsoflove,fr... (展开全部) Livesandlanguageontheedge:ThreeteensfromtheBronxtelltheirstoriesoffriendship,loveandstruggle,andshowhowaradicalpoetryclasscanignitechange. ToBeHeardisthestoryofthreeteensfromtheSouthBronxwhosestruggletochangetheirlivesbeginswhentheystarttowritepoetry.Aswritingandrecitingbecomevehiclesfortheirexpressionsoflove,fr... Livesandlanguageontheedge:ThreeteensfromtheBronxtelltheirstoriesoffriendship,loveandstruggle,andshowhowaradicalpoetryclasscanignitechange. ToBeHeardisthestoryofthreeteensfromtheSouthBronxwhosestruggletochangetheirlivesbeginswhentheystarttowritepoetry.Aswritingandrecitingbecomevehiclesfortheirexpressionsoflove,friendship,frustration,andhope,wewatchthesethreeyoungstersemergeasaccomplishedself-awareartists,whousetheircreativitytoaltertheircircumstances. Averitéfilm,intimatelyshotoverfouryears,ToBeHeardisthestoryofthreefriendsandthelovethatdevelopsbetweenthemastheyevolveasartists.This“tripod,”astheycallit,isboundbyproximity,circumstance,andpoetry.ToBeHeardisalsothestoryofhowlanguagelinkspeople.Pearlisthesupportandsoulofthethree;Karinaisthepassionandheart;andAnthonyistheenergyandphysicality.Inacommunitywherefriendshipsarekepttenuousformanyreasons,thesethreebuildabondbasedonlanguage,respect,andtheneedtosurvive. Whatwillhappentothesethreekids?Willtheyfindawaytoarticulatetheirdreams?Willthatarticulationmanifestmeaningfulchange?Doeslanguagecontainthepowertotransform?Perhapsthisfilmissimplyaboutthelivesofthreekidsfromtheghettoandtheirstruggletosurvive.Perhapsitisalsoaboutthepoetinallyoungpeople,thestrugglingartistinallofus,seekingtoemerge.Embeddedinthestoryofthesethreeteensisthetaleoftheirpathaswritersandalookatthesourceoftheirinspiration.Thatseedofinspirationcomesintheformofaradicalpoetryclass,calledPowerWriting,taughtbyatrioofoutsiderteachers.EarlyonwemeetJoe,AmyandRoland.Giventheheightenedvolumeoftheeducationaldebatethesedays,theirmessageandapproachmeritscloseattention.Notapartofanyschoolfacultyorformalcurriculum,thesethreecomebearingasimplegiftintheformofamotto—Ifyoudon’tlearntowriteyourownlifestory,someoneelsewillwriteitforyou.Thereareveryfewsecretstotheirteachingmethods,veryfewtricks.Theirstyleofcommittedpedagogyislessaboutinstructionandmoreaboutempowerment—simplystated,theyaretheretolistenclosely,ifthewriterwantstobeheard.