Thanks Mike. I was just thinking about films/videos to present or discuss in my Social Psych class about social class and stratification. These issues usually are ignored in Psych classes and texts but overly stressed in Soc classes. Anyway, I vaguely recall this film and it might help get across the idea of how influential social class can be in shaping personality, styles of coping, and of course, opportunities of advancement and privilege. Have other tipsters had class discussions recently regarding how different social groups/classes might see and adapt differently to public assistance, authority, police, military, government, and see or not see "privilege."
G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > > Before there was Richard Linklater's movie "Boyhood" (for > those who are unfamiliar with this movie, see the Wikipedia > entry: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_%28film%29 ) > which covered the 12 years of a boy growing up -- filmed > over the actual 12 years -- there was the "Up Series". > The "Up Series" is a British documentary series that started > with the film "Seven Up" which examined the lives of 14 > seven year olds who belong to different class/SES levels. > Since the first film in 1964, the children have been followed > up every seven years to see where they were in their lives. > The most recent film is "56 Up". The director Michael Apted > is most commonly associated with the series because he > took over directorial duties with the second film ("7 Plus > Seven") but the director of the first film was Canadian > Paul Almond who recently died. The NY Times has an article > on Almond's life and work, how he got the idea for "Seven Up" > and why he was not directly involved in subsequent films. > The NYT article can be accessed here: > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/arts/television/paul-almond-the-director-of-seven-up-dies-at-83.html?emc=edit_th_20150415&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0 > For a listing of the Paul Almond's work in movies and TV, > see his IMDB listing: > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021975/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 > > Michael Apted did research for the "Seven Up" film and > suggested that a follow-up series of documentary films be > made. In addition to doing the "Up Series", Apted has > directed a variety of movies ranging from James Bond > ("The World is Not Enough") to one of the Narnia films > ("The Chronicles of Narnia:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader") > to Dian Fossey's biography ("Gorillas in the Mist") to several > episodes of the Showtime series "Masters of Sex". His > list of films and TV shows are available on IMDB: > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000776/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 > > The "Up Series" is available in the U.S. and here is the link > to its page on Amazon: > http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Up-Tony-Walker/dp/B00CD6VY6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429112390&sr=8-1&keywords=7+up+apted > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=43921 > or send a blank email to > leave-43921-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=43936 or send a blank email to leave-43936-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
