Monday, February 28, 2011
It's Not As Easy As It Seems
I recently noticed that my project is not an easy one and that in order to have a successful project I must do many things. The two movies that I want to show are Remember the Titans and two episodes of the HBO miniseries of Band of Brothers. While Remember the Titans is rated PG, according to imbd.com and Yahoo! Movies, the latter film isn't rated, but I assume that since it contain violence, strong language, and mild nudity I would rate the movie R, even though I consider it an awesome film. I,again, plan to show the movies during study hall period from 8- 10 pm, or maybe even earlier, on May 17th and May 18th. The movies will occur only at night. Refreshments would be provided, but also after the movies students will stay an hour and a half earlier to talk or write down their thoughts about the movie. I ,of course, will lead the discussion through a series f questions I will provide to the students. But, before all that I'm going to write a letter to the parents giving consent to the students that they are able to watch the film. Middle school boys probably won't have to, but for high school students, unless no one from 17 years or younger come, they will need to get permission from a parent. It'll be a night of fun, but also something that I believe would be helpful to educate students about. Through war, leadership, courage, all that will be talked about, but I believe it's crucial to show students, particularly the young men's group about the stuff that went on in our history as a country.
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Alex, you need to be working with Admin and teachers here. That means clearing all this with Ray and me. I am not excited about showing anything R rated to students who are underage, even if you have received permission. This is just not where we would want to go as a school. On the other hand, if a teacher is working with you, and if that teacher reviews the film to assess the appropriateness of the content (I would probably need to do this too), then we may be able to make an exception. I ask teachers to be very careful about this, and sometimes they need to just show scenes in order to be sensitive to this problem. This is definitely something that needs to be worked out -- don't assume it's a "go."
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