(Name-mce) ListServ Films for parents

[Paul C. Gorski]

Diane,

An interesting film is White Man's Burden. It was made for HBO. Not a
super-great, high-budget film, but pretty good. It starts Harry Belafonte
and John Travolta. The premise is that racial stereotypes and roles are
switched, so the "world" of the film is one in which African American
people have the power, money, prestige, and so on, and white people are
oppressed and repressed.

Pretty cool. I've used it in classes and it has worked well.

Paul

>>>>>>>>>>>
>  Hi-
>
> Aside from my academic role, I'm also a parent at an elementary school.
> We
> want to show a film for parents that would address issues of race/racism
> or
> other isms that would be engaging but also stimulate discussion after the
> film.  Last year we showed "Crash".  It needs to be something that would
> attract parents to come but also have the potential to be consciousness
> raising.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks very much.
>
> Diane Goodman
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