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Films on Race Relations

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eoe
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:32 am
How about the animated movies? I thought "Finding Elmo" was special in promoting diversity and helping your fellow 'man'. I'm sure there are others, right? For the younger audience.
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Thomas
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:36 am
eoe wrote:
How about the animated movies? I thought "Finding Elmo" was special in promoting diversity and helping your fellow 'man'. I'm sure there are others, right? For the younger audience.

"Fish are friends, not food!" Neat idea, eoe!
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littlek
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:41 am
eoe, that is a good idea. But, I've been coached by my own teachers to stay away from lessons using personified animals. When I watch thos movies I'm thinking, pffft! Those turtles would eat Nemo and Dory, not help them find this current which looks inexplicably like a roller coaster. My niece has come to view my running commentaries as somewhat amusing.
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:42 am
Just nothing there but since IMDb does cover TV, it came up with an ABC After School Special, "Taking a Stand" from 1989:

Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start taking sides.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272874/
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littlek
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:43 am
Lightwizard wrote:
It is the film forum, not the TV forum


Well, in my defense, there isn't a TV *and* Movies forum.
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:46 am
You're question I took as looking for films. They're TV movies but even the one I found isn't on DVD, not even on VHS.
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littlek
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:47 am
I'm interested in anything - but only if I can view it. That means it does have to be either VHS or DVD.
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eoe
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:53 am
I'm sure we've all seen the sweet fairy tale from the early 70's (I think) about the little round head boy named Oblio, who was drummed out of a town of only pointy head people. I can't think of the title now but there was Arrow, his loyal dog, who was pointy and angular like his name suggests. Everyone had suggestive names in that regard, like Oblio. It was very cute and clever and sad and loaded with lessons.
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littlek
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 09:20 am
Yes! The Point!
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 09:33 am
"The Point" is on DVD:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001JXPSO/imdb-adbox/


and check out the cast:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067595/


Ringo Starr narrating!

It was the beginning of George Aliceson Tipton's career as a composer who is responsible for the soundtrack and eventually ended his career by composing the music for "The Golden Girls."

Well, we're officially back on TV!
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eoe
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 09:59 am
Get outta here! The Golden Girls? Laughing Laughing

littlek said that it was okay to add tv, more or less. Didn't she?
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:23 am
It looks like that's the only hope finding anything about race relations aimed at a very young audience. Otherwise, they are R rated. The trick is finding them on DVD.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:29 am
I am going to assume someone mentioned "Stay Away, Joe."

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeVideoArt/37/1068237.jpg

If memory serves me, this fantastic movie, in which Elvis played an Indian, won critical claim for its handling of the race relation issue.

The particular race relation issue in this movie was Indian/White with just a little Chinaman/Irish thrown in.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:47 am
When some one mentioned animated race films - they one that comes to mind for me is The Sneetchers. Remember the one with the stars on their bellies were the best Sneetchers on the beaches.
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:49 am
It's a PG rated. While most Elvis movie fare is today suitable for younger audiences, I'm not sure about their response. It's a musical comedy ans I don't know of any Elvis movie that won critical acclaim for anything except, perhaps, "Jailhouse Rock."
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:49 am
Who is your dealer, linkat?

Hook me up.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:57 am
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
Who is your dealer, linkat?

Hook me up.


Just for you guess here he is....

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/21DU5kAgKFL.jpg
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 10:58 am
Sweet.
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eoe
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 11:34 am
Laughing
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Linkat
 
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 11:35 am
Hah - I did a google search on the Sneetches and discrimination and I found you awhole teaching activity about using this book (or I suppose you could use the video).

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=716
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