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Families in Society, Human Growth and Development, Internal Dynamics of Families

Rebel Without a Cause

Title: Rebel Without a Cause

Date: 1955

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families, Human Growth and Development

Keywords: social and cultural influences, family relationship, adolescence

Rating: PG-13

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that’s why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn’t get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato’s adulation and Ray’s real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and “chickie” games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff.

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Contributor: Anonymous

Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships

Pieces of April

Title: Pieces of April

Date: 2003

Media type: Film

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships

Keywords: family relationship, communication

Rating: PG-13

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: In a very poor zone of New York, April Burns and her boyfriend, the Afro-American Bobby, are preparing to receive April’s family for thanksgiving dinner. While Bobby tries to borrow a suit for himself, April realizes that her stove is broken. She tries desperately to find a neighbor that can let her cook the turkey, since she does not want to fail (again) with her family. Meanwhile, in a suburb of Pennsylvania, her dysfunctional family is preparing to travel to New York. While driving, the relationship between the Burns and their black-sheep April is disclosed through the conversations between her father Jim, her resented mother Joy, her brother, her sister and her grandmother.

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

Contributor: Anonymous

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas, Family Resource Management, Health and Human Sexuality, Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships

Normal

Title: Normal

Date: 2003

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Human Sexuality, Interpersonal Relationships, Family Resource Management, Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: family relationship, family functioning, response to crises, conflict management, ethical sexual relationship, communication, developmental stage, personality, decision-making, community resources, diverse cultural value

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: In the countryside of the United States of America, Irma Applewood and her husband Roy Applewood have been happily married for twenty-five years and they are model citizens in their community. Roy brings Irma to meet Reverend Dale Muncie, who is their pastor and friend, to tell that he is a woman trapped in a man’s body and he will have a sex-change operation. Now Roy has to face the deception of his wife and the intolerance of his colleagues, members of his church and his son Wayne. But Irma loves him and after the impact of the news, she understands and supports him with their teenage daughter Patty Ann (Hayden Panettiere) and Roy’s boss Frank (‘Clancy Brown’) that is their friend.

Places to view: Only available for purchase

Contributor: Anonymous