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Film/Movie List

Abuse

Dangerous Offender
About Marlene Moore, the first Canadian woman to be labeled a "dangerous offender", who never harmed anyone as much as she hurt herself. Also a book, Rock-A-Bye-Baby: A Death Behind Bars by Anne Kershaw and Mary Lasovich (see Anura's Booklist),
which examines the tragic circumstances which led Marlene Moore to violence, self-mutilation and suicide.

Spanking the Monkey
Sexual abuse of a boy by his mother. Shows how they arrived at the abusive situation.

This Boy's Life
About a boy horribly abused by his stepfather. May be difficult to get through but powerful.
Also a book This Boy's Life see Anura's Booklist).

Abuse prevention

.Touching
Video and guide. Also a book Touching (see Anura's Booklist)

Anti-psychiatry
Prescription: Suicide?
An unprecedented feature documentary built around personal stories of six American families, their hopes and experiences with
anti-depressant drugs prescribed to their children.
The filmmakers have weaved together six distinct stories of real people and real experiences. They have captured a sense of the arguments in an ongoing controversy that affects millions of Americans in a documentary that ultimately asks the question if these
so-called revolutionary medications can be used safely.
"This isn't a story about money or big pharmaceutical corporations", says director Robert Manciero, "it's a story about tragedies in individual families like you and me and our kids."
Some people call antidepressants "miracle" drugs. But are they? How have they affected others in our community, like the beloved Tooker Gomberg, who suicided after 5 weeks on an antidepressant that agitated him?
Prescription: Suicide? was produced and directed by Robert Manciero and Rich Samuels with David Garland as co-producer.

Environment and the Earth
Baraka
A very interesting and powerful movie.
Consisting entirely of images and music (no dialogue), the filmmaker took 2 years to make this statement about the state of the world and humans' place in it. He examines the relationship of humans to the natural environment, and what they're doing to both it and themselves.
He also looks at the spirtuality of humans, and how we have strayed very far from its essentials.
After watching Baraka you may wish to visit office.geog.uvic.ca/dept/undergrad/sogs/baraka.html for detailed info about the film.
For reviews of this film see www.desnews.com/movies/reviews/ip0u45jw.htm and www.korova.com/kmr95/kmr5034.htm.

Waterwalker
A movie by the late Bill Mason depicting the stupendous beauty and wonder of the north shore of Lake Superior.
Also check out other movies by Bill Mason, such as Path of the Paddle and Song of the Paddle.
For more info on Bill Mason see www.paddlers.com/references/refbillmason.htm and http://www.crca.ca/bill.html,
and the Mason family homepage at www.wilds.mb.ca/redcanoe/billmason.html.

Inspirational movies about life

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Based on the book of the same name by Richard Bach, with music by Neil Diamond.

Updated March 5, 2006