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Beasts of the Southern Wild: Authentic Childhood

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Authentic Childhood

Update: 2025-06-16
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Educator Evan Martin-Casler dives deep on childhood in the movies with a discussion of Ben Zeitlin's 2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild, a handmade movie that resulted in an Oscar nomination for six-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis.
Stay tuned for more coming-of-age movie recs at the end!
Evan Martin-Casler is teaching faculty at the University of Arizona and holds an MA from Tufts University in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership.
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Beasts of the Southern Wild: Authentic Childhood

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Authentic Childhood