| Overall: | A- |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 118 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
What tactics did Alec use to calm the Black? Why is it important to approach animals carefully? For tips on staying safe around animals go to kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/animals.html.
Young readers might enjoy learning more about author Walter Farley and The Black Stallion series of books:
www.theblackstallion.com/author.html
www.theblackstallion.com/otherbooks_walterfarley.html.

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.