
It’s Complicated fuses theatre, poetry and digital arts, through an exploration of literature and video poetry. Two classrooms, one from the Polyvalente de Deux-Montagnes (francophone), the other from Beaconsfield High School (anglophone), have created video poems in their second-language on the theme of forbidden love. The students worked under the guidance of poet Jonathan Lamy, poet and artist Rachel McCrum, and actors Charles Buckell and Tara Sky.
The videos are part of a competition. You can participate by viewing the videos and sharing your favorite!
The Gift exchange
Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes
Coloring Book
Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes
Emptiness
Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes
Flowers
Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes
The box chocolate
Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes
L’amour compliqué
Beaconsfield High School
Les chroniques de Jimmothy;
L’ombre de la tempête
Beaconsfield High School
Le Collier
Beaconsfield High School
La trajectoire de l’amour
Beaconsfield High School
The Contest
The teams that get the most views will receive a grant of $100 per student to finance a high-quality production of a bilingual video poem. They’ll work with a professional video poet. Videographer Camille Trudeau-Rivest will oversee the recording.