Two more suggestions, both of which I've used in class:
* "Let's Get Married" - good film shown on PBS a couple of years ago on
the national marriage initiative of the Bush administration and one by
the state of Oklahoma. Shows practical difficulties in implementing
these initiatives, and in the process reveals a lot about stress on the
marriage institution among people with few resources. Narrated by Alex
Kotlowitz. Full transcript available at the web site (always a help in
teaching).
* "I Can't Marry You" - recent unabashedly advocacy film on gay
marriage, a bit disorganized, which tries to humanize gay marriage
stereotypes. When I first showed it (in conjuction with a class debate
on gay marriage), I thought at least some students might object to its
lack of "balance" but with suitable class support from me none did.
Preview this before using.
--- Eric
Ender, M. DR BS&L wrote at 01:36 PM on 22 July 2005:
Adair, the film below is scheduled to be shown at the ASA meetings in
Philadelphia next month; check the program for location; check the website for
obtaining education copies for courses...morten
Saturday, August 13 @ 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Monday, August 15 @ 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Brats: Our Journey Home: This film features a hidden American subculture - a
lost tribe of over 4 million adult children from widely diverse backgrounds,
raised on military bases around the world, whose shared experiences have shaped
their lives so powerfully, they are forever different from their fellow
Americans. This film chronicles American military children during primarily
the Cold War, using interviews, testimonials, archived footage, and clips from
popular films such as The Great Santini. The film highlights elements of an
occupation lifestyle with demands unique to the military organization and
culture such as the risk of death and injury, frequent family separations,
geographic mobility, foreign residence, normative constraints, shift-work and
long working hours, a masculine-dominated culture, parent-child conflicts,
multiculturalism, and early retirement to civilian life--all of which have
implications for the children coming of age in this social structural context.
90 minutes, 2005. Directed by Donna Musil. Brats Without Borders, Inc.
Narration and music by Kris Kristofferson. Detailed information at:
http://www.bratsourjourneyhome.com/.
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Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: movie suggestions for Family course
There's a wonderful documentary about gay men adopting children called "Daddy
and Papa" that just aired on PBS;
"The Education of Shelby Knox" also recently aired on PBS--a documentary about
a young woman's fight for comprehensive sex education in her public school
(which provides abstinence only education);
"Defending Our Lives" is a powerful documentary about domestic violence. It
features interviews with four of the Framingham 8, who were imprisoned for
killing men who had abused them;
"Before Stonewall" and "After Stonewall" about lesbian and gay activism;
"Baby Love" about teen mothers;
"Tying the Knot" about the fight for gay marriage rights (it includes some
nice historical background on marriage)
Ingrid Semaan
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This fall I will be teaching a Sociology of the Family (The exact title is
"Sexual Relationships, Marriage and Family") course at the community college
level for the first time. The class meets once a week for three hours.
Does
anyone have any good suggestions for movies/films/documentaries?
Thanks!
Adair
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