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Families in Society

Pride and Prejudice

Title: Pride and Prejudice

Date: 2005

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Families in Society

Keywords: parent-child relationships, adolescence, decision-making, cultural influences, types of parents

Rating: PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: The protagonist Elizabeth Bennett is a witty, sarcastic, somewhat stubborn young lady who really has an opinion about quite a lot including why she would not marry simply because of it is expected of her. Mr. Guy Darcy is a shy, rich, man who defiantly believes there is such a thing as superior birth. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/?ref_=nv_sr_1)

Places to view: iTunes, Amazon Video, Vudu

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Families in Society

Dirty Dancing

Title: Dirty Dancing

Date: 1987

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Families in Society

Keywords: adolescence, family demographics, family relationship, parent-child relationships, work and family, types of parents

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: In 1963, Frances “Baby” Houseman, a sweet daddy’s girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny’s dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny’s dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny’s friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl’s life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse – that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with “those people”. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092890/?ref_=nv_sr_1)

Places to view: YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play, ITunes, Vudu

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Internal Dynamics of Families

What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Title: What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Date: 2012

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: Decision-making, social and cultural influences, types of parents, work and family

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Five couples’ intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’s husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn’t so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a “dudes” support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco’s surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586265/?ref_=nv_sr_1)

Places to view: ITunes, Google Play, YouTube, Amazon Video, Vudu

Contributor: Krista Hamann