In the second episode of this four-part series, our guests discuss the curation of the documentary films and development of the teacher’s guides for the Global Environmental Justice (GEJ) Documentaries project. First, the developers of the project—Jason Carbine, Professor of Religious Studies at Whittier College, Rebecca Overmyer-Velázquez, Professor of Sociology at Whittier College, and Gary Marcuse, filmmaker and Project Director for GEJ—map out how they curated the list of potential documentaries from hundreds to a few dozen by seeking faculty and librarian input on the educational applications of each film. Next, they dig into the making of GEJ’s teacher’s guides, which include the film’s possible subject areas, classroom activities, supplemental reading, and a note on why the film was selected for instruction. Last, our guests chat about how GEJ’s films and guides encourage cross-disciplinary instruction by avoiding discipline-specific jargon and offering a list of documentaries applicable to both the humanities and sciences.

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