Category Archives: Human Growth and Development

Human Growth and Development, Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Lion King

Title: Lion King

Date: 1994

Media type: Film

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Human Growth and Development, Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Keywords: family relationship, family functioning, response to crises, adolescence, adulthood, developmental stage, parent-child relationships

Rating: G

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A young lion Prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron fist, the prince grows up beyond the savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young Prince must decide his fate: will he remain an outcast, or face his demons and become what he needs to be?

Places to view: Only available through purchase

Contributor: Anonymous

Families in Society, Human Growth and Development, Interpersonal Relationships

Jerry Maguire

Title: Jerry Maguire

Date: 1996

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Human Growth and Development, Interpersonal Relationships

Keywords: work and family, adulthood, conflict management, developmental stage, personality

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a successful sports agent. The biggest clients, the respect, a beautiful fiancée, he has it all. Until one night he questions his purpose. His place in the world, and finally comes to terms with what’s wrong with his career and life. Recording all his thoughts in a mission statement Jerry feels he has a new lease on life. Unfortunately his opinions aren’t met with enthusiasm from his superiors and after dishonorably being stripped of his high earning clients and elite status within the agency Jerry steps out into the sports business armed with only one volatile client (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and the only person with belief in his abilities (Renée Zellweger) with the impossible task of rebuilding what he once had. Along the way he faces the harsh truths which he’d ignored in the past and a host of hardships that he’d never faced before.

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

Contributor: Anonymous

Human Growth and Development, Interpersonal Relationships

The Trip to Bountiful

Title: The Trip to Bountiful

Date: 1985

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Interpersonal Relationships

Keywords: conflict management

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940’s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish — just once before she dies — is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as “home.” The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don’t have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts “escape” attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. Watts’ Social Security check. Then, Mrs. Watts makes a successful escape and last trip home.

Places to view: Youtube

Contributor: Janice G. Weber