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🎬 Economic Justice Documentary Collection

Multi-Perspective Analysis Through 12-Agent Collaboration

🌟 Integrated Learning Experience

Economic Analysis: Housing crisis, wealth inequality, alternative models

Cultural Perspective: Māori economic principles, collective wellbeing

Action Orientation: Policy analysis, community solutions

📺 Multi-Documentary Analysis Suite

🏠 Housing Crisis & Economic Justice

Primary Documentary

"The Rent is Too Damn High" - Vice Documentary on NZ Housing Crisis

Community Perspectives

🎙️ Additional Resources:
  • RNZ Insight: "State House Dreams" (Search: RNZ state housing documentary)
  • Stuff Circuit: "Generation Rent" investigative series
  • Māori Television: "Whare Māori" - Indigenous housing solutions
  • TVNZ Sunday: "Emergency Housing Crisis" reports

Search Strategy: Use YouTube, RNZ, Stuff.co.nz, and Māori Television archives. Keywords: "housing affordability," "emergency housing," "first home buyers."

🌱 Alternative Economic Models

Cooperative Models

"Worker Cooperatives" - Economic Democracy in Action

Māori Economic Innovation

🌿 Indigenous Economics:
  • Kiwibank Documentary: "People's Bank" concept
  • Ngāi Tahu Holdings: Post-settlement economic development
  • Māori Television: "Māori in Business" series
  • Te Puni Kōkiri: Māori economic development videos

🔍 Critical Analysis Framework

Before Watching

  • Research current housing affordability data
  • Identify key economic indicators
  • Consider multiple stakeholder perspectives
  • Review existing policy solutions

During Viewing

  • Note documentary techniques and bias
  • Identify whose voices are centered
  • Analyze language choices and framing
  • Question what information is omitted

After Watching

  • Verify statistics and data claims
  • Calculate housing affordability ratios
  • Compare NZ data to international examples
  • Model alternative economic scenarios

🧠 Cross-Curricular Investigation

📊 Mathematical Analysis [LF_LiteracyNumeracy]

1. Housing Affordability Calculation:

Research the median house price and median income in your region. Calculate the house price-to-income ratio. How does this compare to international standards of affordability (typically 3:1)?

2. Alternative Model Comparison:

Create a mathematical model comparing housing costs under: a) current market system, b) state housing model, c) housing cooperative model. What are the 30-year cost differences?

🌿 Cultural Integration [LF_Te_Ao_Māori]

1. Values Comparison:

How do Māori concepts of collective ownership and responsibility contrast with individual property ownership? What would housing look like if designed around whakapapa and whakatōhea?

2. Historical Context:

Research how colonization disrupted Māori housing and land tenure systems. How might contemporary housing solutions integrate traditional Māori approaches?

🎭 Media Analysis [LF_English + Kaiako_Postcolonial_Reviewer]

Perspective Analysis: Compare how housing issues are framed in different documentaries. Whose stories are told? Whose are missing? How do documentaries use music, imagery, and narrative structure to influence audience emotion?

🚀 From Analysis to Action

Economic justice requires both understanding and action. Your documentary analysis should lead to concrete proposals for positive change in your community.

Community Project Options:

  • Policy proposal presentation to local council
  • Community housing needs survey
  • Alternative economic model business plan
  • Media campaign for housing justice

Assessment Integration:

  • Mathematical modeling portfolio
  • Cultural integration research project
  • Media analysis comparative essay
  • Community presentation with visual aids