A Blind Play of Social Forces

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Following a bigoted lesson on the September 11 tragedy, Sara is brutally attacked by a classmate. As school officials downplay the incident, the teacher who inspired the violence defends his backward beliefs.
“ A Blind Play Of Social Forces” is adapted from an unpublished story originally written in 2014 and performed as a staged reading. It is based on several accounts of bullying which took place in American schools between 2001 and 2014. However, Mr. Avery, the middle-school social studies teacher who inspires the hate crime at the heart of the story, is based on a real teacher with whom I attended grad school. Many of his words are echoes of words spoken in class by the real Mr. Avery. This episode deals with violence against children. As they say, parental discretion is advised.

Written and directed by Michael MauSTARRING
Yosra Zekry as Sara,
Pascal Casimier as David,
Malya Muth as Mrs. Sterner,
Andressa Da Silva as Ms. Price,
Olya Aman as Maryam,
Rich Greene as Mr. Avery.

Sound effects courtesy of Pixabay.
Additional Music by Kevin McLeod. All link’s to the music are below.

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Almost New by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3353-almost-new
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
Music: Daytime TV Theme by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3622-daytime-tv-theme
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
Music: Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3851-happy-alley
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Music: Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1
License (CC BY 4

All episodes directed and edited by Michael Mau
Original Music by Trevor Tremaine
Podcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

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