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(Posted with Joyce's permission. Thanks Joyce!)


Dear Friends,

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Hello!

   As “Back to School” time approaches around the country, and around the world, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a beautiful  and inspiring film called “Being and Becoming”.

I am lucky enough, as US Distribution Coordinator, to have been able to watch this film several times, and I am so happy to be able to share it with all of you now.​


"Being and Becoming" follows the filmmaker’s journey in discovering that other possibilities exist. We learn along with her, about unschooling, self-directed learning, experiential learning, and that there are many different names for very similar philosophies. She meets and interviews families who all have amazing and interesting stories.


Rather than just following the current paradigm, she set off to figure out what would work best for her son and her family.


And she made an incredible and enlightening film as she learned, and that is what makes it so, so beautiful.


Please read the synopsis here:               


Being and Becoming explores the theme of trusting children and their development, and invites us to question our learning paradigms and options.

The filmmaker takes us on a journey of discovery through the US, France, the UK and Germany (where it's illegal not to go to school.) We meet parents who have made the choice of not schooling their children, neither at school nor at home, but of letting them learn freely what they are truly passionate about.

It is a quest for truth about the innate desire to learn. It belongs to a wider theme than education, connected to a change in our belief system and to our society's evolution, as well as to the importance of reclaiming one's life and self-confidence.

(99 minutes)


Click here to view the trailer. (Or copy/paste this link into your address bar: https://vimeo.com/91040919)​

We're excited about having screened the film in over 30 countries so far, and even more excited to be able to now offer screenings throughout North America!

Check our Facebook page or our Release/Screenings page to see if there is already a screening scheduled near you!

If there is not, please consider organizing one in your community! Or, if you know of a theater that we should consider contacting about scheduling a screening, please let us know.

For all the guidelines on screening "Being and Becoming" to your group, please visit this page or email me at [email protected] om

The director/filmmaker may be available to participate in a live or Skype Q&A, ask for details.

Please always feel free to ask if you have any questions at all. We are here to help!


Warmly, with Love and Gratitude,

Anne Boie
Unschooling Mom of 4

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