The power of media can move, impress, and inspire not only an audience but also a society. In “Human Rights and Culture” we learn that media can inspire by showing the potential of humans, and what the society can become. This documentary strives to inform us of the simplicity and beauty of a woman striving to make her community better, something that creates a unique culture of love and service between BYU students and 6th graders that can’t be gained by other means.
We chose a local concerned citizen, Cora Barrett, who runs the peer mentoring program at BYU. This is a program where 6th-graders come to Brigham Young University, and with the help of their mentor, they explore different programs and activities within the college. Cora’s goal is to help all 6th graders to learn more about college and to be inspired to get a college degree.
Cora is an inspiring concerned citizen because she understands her responsibility to her community. She knows how she has opportunity to help others, especially these underprivileged elementary aged students.
In her interview, she described her frustration to those who don’t serve in their community. She talked about being a convert, and seeing many members not investing their own time in helping those outside of their congregation. She also said that the only times they would serve outside their ward was when there was a big disaster that needed a lot of help in some other country. She was frustrated because she knew there were service projects within their own community. She felt that it was necessary to get outside of your ward, but not to step too far outside the community. The way we created this documentary, showing alternating clips of interviews mixed with real-life footage was taken from our personal experiences with the I’m a Mormon videos. These videos show the people in action, and we copied that style as we showed Cora and the children together along with the students under her supervision.
She definitely practices what she preaches. She’s helped thousands of students over the course of fourteen years, always helping the local children. She is a great example because she chooses to help those in her community, not expecting praise.
She has been inspiring to us to make a difference. In her last few thoughts of the interview, she made an admonition to all those who think that they are too busy for any type of service. Instead she explained that everybody has enough time for one hour a week, and if they did this, they would be very grateful and better because of it. By capturing this in our video, we extend that invitation to all that watch the video.
It was a great experience to learn more about this concerned citizen, and create a piece that showed the tremendous influence she has had on so many children.
My Partner was Aurelia Berryhill
My Partner was Aurelia Berryhill
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