| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 139 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 18 Feb 2009 |
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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.
This movie asserts that Los Angeles police authorities did not take women seriously during this time period. Do you think similar situations exist in our society today? What methods did Christine Collins use to change this attitude?
To read about the actual events surrounding the story depicted in this film, check these pages of historical clippings from the Los Angeles Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/10/changeling-stor.html
http://www.latimesinteractive.com/advertising/changeling/Changeling-V5.html
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
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