I thought the movie was intense. But definitely as adults we process information differently. Children are very resilient and take absorb information and process the information very differently.
Personally I felt it to be more empowering and the message of empathy comes across well. Usually most human beings no matter what age, we look at any information and focus on what is more close and relevant to us. Example if a group of people are given a photograph of themselves, the first thing they look for is themselves!
So children--> focus on the teacher, the children, and associate the situation to their going to school etc, and probably will be less focussed on the media aspect of the movie except that it is kind of fun to be on TV.
they are more empathetic to what happens to Helena, and totally get it, and know and feel " that is not nice"; "that is mean" etc, they are much stronger and would much rather prefer the facts given to them just like it was in the movies.
As Adults we focus on more on what all the adults are doing in the movie, their actions and why etc, and get into too much of the details of all aspects, and this could hinder us from the face value of the main message. Which was that it was a hate crime, and the good people in power can contribute to social change.
I am sure we the Diversity council team can do a great job in the accurate facilitation of the after video watch.
It is sad that that was a real happening, and more disheartening is that it is still happening at different levels. I know just like in the movie we can overcome any thing with our support network ! People by nature are good hearted.
Personally I felt it to be more empowering and the message of empathy comes across well. Usually most human beings no matter what age, we look at any information and focus on what is more close and relevant to us. Example if a group of people are given a photograph of themselves, the first thing they look for is themselves!
So children--> focus on the teacher, the children, and associate the situation to their going to school etc, and probably will be less focussed on the media aspect of the movie except that it is kind of fun to be on TV.
they are more empathetic to what happens to Helena, and totally get it, and know and feel " that is not nice"; "that is mean" etc, they are much stronger and would much rather prefer the facts given to them just like it was in the movies.
As Adults we focus on more on what all the adults are doing in the movie, their actions and why etc, and get into too much of the details of all aspects, and this could hinder us from the face value of the main message. Which was that it was a hate crime, and the good people in power can contribute to social change.
I am sure we the Diversity council team can do a great job in the accurate facilitation of the after video watch.
It is sad that that was a real happening, and more disheartening is that it is still happening at different levels. I know just like in the movie we can overcome any thing with our support network ! People by nature are good hearted.
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