Tag Archives: conflict management

Dexter

Title: Dexter

Date: 2006

Media type: Television

Format: Clip

TV Season-Episode: Season 5, Ep. 9

Category: Families in Society, Interpersonal Relationships

Keywords: work and family, conflict management, developmental stage

Rating: TV-14

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Dexter is a blood-analyst for Miami Metro. He solves muder but also commits them; Dexter is a vigilante with a psychological craving to commit muder. He lives a double life and tries to balance it throughout the series.

Clip Start Time: 49

Clip Description: Astor is a rebellious teenager, acting out her frustration until she notices how Dexter understands her reason to be upset. Dexter discusses about his future expectations from Astor but only wants her to come forth with her rebellious actions when she’s ready to. He tells her that he is proud of her by who she has become because of her concern and help towards her friend. Astor agrees to Dexter’s term of informing him of any struggles she may endure because of the trust he established between the two of them.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Why did Dexter and Astor make expectations for each other? What would bring Dexter to give Astor the will to come forth with her rebellious actions on her own terms?

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

Contributor: Paying Lee

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

South Central

Title: South Central

Date: 1992

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Keywords: conflict management, parent-child relationship

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A man is sent to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop crime but his son has now followed the criminal path of his father.

Clip Description: Prison Scene – two men talking in a prison cell.  The guy in blue is new to prison.  The guy in orange has been in prison for some time and has grown wiser.  The guy in blue’s 14-year old son was shot on the outside.

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

Contributor: Karen DeBord