And We Keep Dreaming>>Dreaming IN Love

The multiple layers of the simple act of dreaming and the impact of dreaming in our lives becomes essential in our documentary. The results of this documentary will not only be the simple meaning of dreaming, but of dreaming and acting upon our dreams, <>. In the process of our documentary nothing was really planned or certain, nothing assured. We barely had a plan for the day. We only knew that our main reason for making such documentary was our awareness of the importance of cultivating dreams in the kids, the fact that they can well define their dreams so that their acts become subject of these.
There were certain aspects in our minds that we wanted to reveal in the documentary. The reality of our lives was our main focus. Real, true feelings, true events, meaningful ideas that came up along the process of creating this documentary were our scenario. We wanted to show that the compilation of genuine actions could really work in creating this film. We started by doing what we always do and what we enjoy the most: the interaction and the constant engaging in class, the talking, the sharing, the writing, the teaching and the learning. Our class interaction is always present; this is the constant on which we base our work at Phillis Wheatley.
One of our main goals in coming to Phillis Wheatley was also the fact that we could really create relationships with the kids so that the work became something meaningful and not something that seemed obligatory. Friendship was something that we knew would take a long time to make, but being patient was our wisest decision. By the end of our first semester at the school, we were greatly attached to the kids; we could really call each other “friends” by this time. And this was a very important aspect that we had to touch on in the documentary. Once friendships evolved, dreams evolved as well. We wanted to serve as inspiration to the kids, as role models, and as someone who they could trust and rely on. Once these relationships developed, we tried to accentuate dreams; their dreams. We knew that once their dreams were clear and acknowledged that their actions could really take a path towards meeting those. We tried to avoid racial segregation by the simple fact of our attendance to this school. Once we evaluated the school, we noticed that Phillis Wheatley was a highly segregated school, and so by creating relationships and by our mere attendance here, we were already breaking all of this lines that kept us apart. This was another aspect that was prominent in the documentary.
Our community involvement became relevant unplanned, as everything else. Harvesting collard greens and then going to Mrs. Kromer’s house (the school’s security guard) was not only a fun and unique experience, but it also showed us the importance of community involvement, the real meaning of engaging in a neighborhood, and for us; college students; the experience was exceptional, since most of us were not used to interacting with neighbors, especially in a black community. Phillis Wheatley students, college students, neighbors, family members, all of us together in a small apartment in the center of Overtown; this was the real coming together of races, of cultures, it was the breaking of any possible division that higher forces dictate. We broke boundaries, and it all emerged out of a creative thought of harvesting and cooking collard greens.