Film summary
Introduction
This guide is an invitation to dialogue. It is written with a sensitivity for those who have left everything behind with the hopes of something more. It is also written with the understanding that Leila, Sahand, and Mani’s stories are incomplete and still in progress. This guide is an invitation to explore topics and conversations around family, love, community, belonging, humanity and the experiences of asylum seekers.
This guide is designed for people who want to use Love Child to engage family, friends, classmates, colleagues and communities in dialogue around issues presented in the film. This discussion guide is meant to inspire people with varying degrees of knowledge about these topics to enter the conversation and hopefully stay in the conversation in order to impact change and awareness.
About the Authors
Maureen Nicol is a Doctoral student at Columbia University studying Early Childhood Education and the Founder and Director of Camp Story – a pop-up arts camp based on the continent of Africa. Her background is in teaching and education. Maureen is committed to working with young children and educators to ensure every child and teacher knows their value, worth and power. Maureen’s research and work interests have always always situated children of color but specifically young Black girls. Her ultimate goal is to make schools safer places for young Black girls with the idea of safety being articulated based on the terms and articulations of Black girls. Maureen is also researching and building curriculum for young girls (specifically young girls of color) on how they can be seen themselves as feminists using arts integration. In her free time, Maureen enjoys going on long walks with her dog, baking and maxing out her library card with good reads.
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