Category Archives: Families in Society

Families in Society

The Office

Title: The Office

Date: 2013

Media type: Television

Format: Clip

TV Season-Episode: Season 9, Episode 22, “A.A.R.M.”

Category: Families in Society

Keywords: work and family

Rating: NR

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Jim has given up an aspiring career in the sports world and is staying at the paper company in order to stay closer to Pam.

Clip Start Time: 0.77847222222

Clip Description: After having spoken with one of Jim’s coworkers in the sports world, Pam is feeling overwhelmed with guilt at having Jim stay. She leaves the office as to avoid crying. Jim asks her what is going on and she reveals her guilt as well as tells him that she feels she is not enough for him.

Additional Clip Start Time: 1.3069444444

Additional Clip Description: Jim uses a clip of past moments from their relationship to show Pam what he means to her. He tells her, “not enough for me? You are everything to me.”

Contributor: Micah Dalluge

Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

American Sniper

Title: American Sniper

Date: 2014

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: work and family, social and cultural influences, stress and coping, family relationship, family functioning

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adult

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Chris Kyle, a Navy SEALS sniper, wrestles with family roles, with his humanity, with his commitment to his country, and with his pursuit of a terroristi sniper who has killed several of his men.

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

Contributor: Micah Dalluge

Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

Avalon

Title: Avalon

Date: 1990

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: social and cultural influences, family relationship

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A Polish-Jewish family comes to the USA at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land. (IMDB, imdb.com/title/tt0099073/)

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

Contributor: Leidy Kasper