Category Archives: Families in Society

Families in Society

October Sky

Title: October Sky

Date: 1999

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Families in Society

Keywords: media and technology 

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner’s son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes. (IMDB, imdb.com/title/tt0132477/)

Clip Description: Homer shoots off their first rocket and it goes flying into the mine where his father works.

Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Itunes

Contributor: Kevin M. Green

Families in Society, Family Life Education and Methodology

Mi Familia

Title: Mi Familia

Date: 1995

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Family Life Education Methodology

Keywords: social and cultural influences, cultural and global perspectives

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A multigenerational immigration story of a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles.  Characters: El Californio: Don Alejandro Vasquez; Parents: Maria & Jos‚ Sanchez; Sons: Paco (narrator), Jess (Chucho), Guillermo (Memo), Jimmy; Daughters: Antonia (Toni), Irene (marries Gerardo). Directed by Gregory Nava and written by Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas.

Places to view: Youtube

Contributor: Libby Balter Blume, PhD, CFLE

Families in Society, Human Growth and Development, Parenting

Because of Winn Dixie

Title: Because of Winn Dixie

Date: 2005

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Parenting, Human Growth and Development , Families and Society

Keywords: parent-child relationships, middle childhood

Rating: PG

Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Families

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Single Dad working through the needs, changes, and contribution of development to a young lady, his daughter, age about 10

Places to view: Youtube, Itunes, Youtube, Amazon Video, Google Play

Contributor: Susan Walker