| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 98 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 15 Feb 2011 |
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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 uses simulated live news reports as the backbone of the story. How do live newscasts shape events in the real world? Does instantaneous coverage benefit a situation like this?
For the details on the event in 2001 upon which this movie is based, check this page.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
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.
