Title: Interstellar

Date: 2014

Media type: Film

Category: Parenting

Keywords: parent-child relationships

Rating: PG-13

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Earth is coming to an end and it is up to one man and a team of four other humans and two robots to find another planet that’s capable of life. Their plan is move everyone on Earth to this new planet before nature takes its course and destroys all life on Earth. The man is a father of two, a son and a daughter. He decides to accept this mission to travel out of Earth and leaves behind his children with their grandfather. His daughter, whom he has a strong relationship with will not accept his leave, and denies seeing him for the last time before departure. She holds a very deep grudge against her father, and didn’t realize that her left to save not only the lives of his family, but the lives of everyone on Earth.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How did leaving affect his daughter? How did she overcome how she felt about her dad? Was were the reasons behind both perspectives of the two characters?

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

Contributor: Amy Her