MAKE A VIDEO OR WRITE A SCREENPLAY ADDRESSING ONE OF THE FIVE QUESTIONS
Defining Moment
People’s lives are shaped by critical moments where they have to make a difficult decision. The consequences of each choice affect the rest of their lives. Explore how a character – real or imagined – acts in a “defining moment” and how their set of values drives their choice.
A View from the Future
It is 2020, and a wave of uprisings has washed over the Middle East. Imagine a scene from the new open societies left in the wake of this freedom tsunami. Depict a moment that is impossible in today’s reality and investigate how positive moral values enable such a breakthrough.
Repression
Depict how individuals experience the impact of repression in their personal lives. Capture a moment where the pain of repression becomes visible – and examine how positive values can be harnessed to overcome it.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Tell the story of someone who imagines a better future, diligently pursues a project to help achieve that future, and does so while retaining a sense of humility. Focus on ordinary people who do extraordinary things and the character traits help them succeed. This entrepreneur can be a real person or an imagined character.
Transformation
As grassroots reform movements sweep the Middle East, explore how people who were passive for many years have suddenly taken responsibility and risked their safety to achieve a better future for their societies. Profile someone who made (or is making) this transition and the positive moral values they display.
