A WorkLife Lesson: A WorkLife Book/Film Club Experience of Self Directed Learning
Between The Lines Book/Film Club moves through the streets of Shoreditch each month for a showing of the film of the book the group had all just read, followed by their discussion of both the book and film.
It had been a hot day, and the group welcomed Antoine’s suggestion of an alfresco screening in his garden. A small but beautiful garden that looks wonderful all year round, thanks to Antoine’s gardening and design skills.
As Antoine set up the screen, Lily, Ben and Emily laid out their picnic blankets with the potluck picnic food they had each brought (made at home or picked up from the nearby Mediterranean Deli), which comprised of crudités and hummus, olives and cheeses, a selection of sandwiches, roasted tomato, basil and parmesan quiche, fig and serrano ham picnic bread, scotch eggs and sausage rolls, a summer allotment salad, a chickpea salad and chocolate dipped strawberries. Ciara and Juan filled their glasses with the perfect accompanying rosé wine.
The book they read this month was The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War by Marcia Mitchell and Thomas Mitchell. The book was the inspiration for the motion picture Official Secrets.
Their chatter died down as the film started rolling. There was a quick burst of applause for the wonderful home garden screen Antoine had set up (the film was being projected onto a sheet held up by a clothesline of sorts), followed by an attentive silence, which was only broken to welcome sighs of relief, every time a fresh breeze rolled in.
As the credits rolled, the group's attention was brought back to the room - the garden room, that is. As Ciara and Juan refilled their glasses, Lily rather pensively said, being reminded how brave Gun was in breaking that story is humbling. What I mean is, she was a regular person, like any one of us, not a covert spy.
In this lesson, you will learn what each of the group took from the book and film.
You will learn what each of them took from the shared experience of reading, watching and discussing the book and film.
In this lesson’s WorkLife Learning Assignment, you can tap into resources to help you start a WorkLife Book/Film Club.
In this lesson’s Continuous WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will continue reading more books/watching more films, and discussing what you read/watched.
NB Your WorkLife Book/Film Club can be for you alone, or it can be a shared experience with one or more friends.