| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C- |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 25 Aug 2008 |
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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.
One of the closing comments in this movie is, “I always bet the millions of regular people in this world will win out over the crazies.” Do you agree with this? How can this recognition offer hope for the future? How can you be an effective “regular person” in your community?
What can the creator of a documentary do to place a bias in his movie, yet still make it appear that both sides of an issue are presented? In this movie or any other documentary, why is it just as important to consider what isn’t shown or heard as opposed to what is included.
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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.
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