8 Heart Wrenching Films About Losing A Child “I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.” - Saoirse Ronan, Actor In the 2015 released “Demolition”, actor Chris Cooper, who's just lost his daughter in a car crash, tells his son-in-law, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, something to the effect of: A man who loses his wife is a widower. A child who loses his parents is an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. And there should not be. #1 A child's death is one of the most shattering experience a human can go through and the pain is perhaps the most difficult to heal. But not impossible to recover from, according to Denise Turner, who lost her baby son, and subsequently did a PhD on how families with sudden child deaths are …show more content…
“The Sweet Hereafter” (1997) by Atom Egoyan is based upon a Russell Banks novel by the same name. It is about a small town that's plunged into grief when a school bus falls in a lake, killing 14 children. As the community struggles with the loss, a lawyer – with his own demons to slay due to his guilt about his HIV-positive drug addict daughter – tries to unite the families into initiating a lawsuit, but which only exposes old wounds and distances them all further. The movie has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It won three awards at Cannes: the FIPRESCI, the Grand Prize of the Jury, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It was also nominated for Best Director and Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards. “Everything Put Together” (2000) by Marc Forster is about a young mother who loses her new born due to sudden infant death syndrome. This unhinges her and even the support of her loved ones is unable to pull her back. She starts to have a morbid fascination with the death f her child and the children of
To what extent does the setting affect the psychology of the characters? In what circumstances do you feel isolated? People feel isolation on a large spectrum. Some may feel the most isolated when in public surrounded by people they know well and others may feel isolated when surrounded by no one at all.
Analysis Of Two Documentaries I will be analysing two very different types of documentary, 'Dogtown and the Z-Boys', which takes the role of being a full length movie type documentary, and 'Teenage Transsexuals' which was recently shown on Channel 4. 'Dogtown and the Z-Boys' is a documentary which takes a look at the transformation of surfing into skateboarding. The film follows the evolution of skating through it's heyday in the 70's, to it's decline in the 80's, and then back upto it's popular return in the 90's. It also follows the Zephyr team, a high profile surf/skate club which revolutionised the skating industry right upto the present day.
“Poor Kids,” by PBS Frontline is a documentary that focuses on the children of three families living in poverty. The documentary gives a better understanding on how children are affected by the poverty they are faced with. The majority of the film focuses on their lives and it shows how they are living five years after the initial recording. It gives insight on how each family faces different circumstances due to their poverty.
As adults, we may not realize and overlook the small things in a child’s life as a loss. Although there is no one way to help a child grieve, it is important for foster parents to have different tools to help a child through the grieving process. a. Craft, 2016. Despite the fact that grief is usually associated with death, research shows that children that are placed in a home through adoption or through foster care have enormous amounts of grief and loss.
In Poor kids from the FRONTLINE documentary having the children telling their stories and getting to see everything from their view was something I haven’t experienced. When we hear about poverty it's always coming from the perspective of the adults in the situation. After watching and haven heard what the children had to say gives me a bigger picture of the problem of poverty. Starting the film they displayed a fact that 16 million children are affected by poverty and living below the poverty line which is a huge number of children. With so many affects we can see how this can be a big social problem. I think it is important to have a full view of a social problem so that it could be understood in its capacity from every aspect and perspective of what poverty is. One we understand the problem we can start working on the social problem and start bringing in the attention and support to start making policies to help diminish the problem at hands. Once this claim of poverty was made we can start to process it through the social problems process and eventually come out with outcomes.
The documentary Kind Hearted Woman is an excellent documentary that showcases the hardships that many Native Americans encounter on a daily basis. It is a documentary that emphasizes the many issues surrounding Native American lives. Alcoholism and sexual abuse are just two of the topics that are addressed in this documentary, thus it is evident that these two problems are significant on reservations. Robin has faced both of these issues in her life, and she truly gives us viewer hope that she and her family will surpass the hardships that face them. It is also evident that Native Americans are continually oppresses in our society, thus something must be done to prevent sexual abuse and alcoholism on reservations.
What is Grief? Merriam-Webster ‘s online dictionary defines grief as, “deep sadness caused by someone’s death; a deep sadness; and/or a trouble or annoyance”(n.d.). This term may have a different way of impacting one’s life depending on geographical location; culture plays an important role in how those that experiences a loss or hardship, cope with grief. After further research, a closer look will be taken at the five stages associated with grief and loss, how Hindu and Islamic Muslim culture deal with death, and how cultural differences may impact the stages of grief.
The French documentary Babies shows the first year of development of four different babies who live in four completely different environments. The film follows Ponijao, a little girl from Namibia, Bayar, a little boy from Mongolia, Mari, a girl from Tokyo, and Hattie, a girl from San Francisco. Even though the babies live in very dissimilar parts of the world, their physical, cognitive, and social development seem to all follow a set pattern. On the other hand, the babies learn to do some activities distinctive to their environment by watching their parents and siblings. Therefore, Babies provides evidence to support both the nature and nurture sides of the debate.
“The Sweet Hereafter” is a film about relationships, whether between father and child, husband and wife, or between neighbors. It is these relationships that shape the outcomes and motives of all those affected by the accident.
Babies is a documentary that centers around four diverse infants throughout their first year on Earth. These four babies are born in four different areas of the world. The film demonstrates how people from different parts of the world can grow up completely different than other parts, while still sharing many similarities. Ponijao is an African baby who is born in Opuwo, Namibia. Mari is a young Japanese girl who was born in Tokyo, Japan. Bayar is a baby who was born in Bayanchandmani, Mongolia. The fourth baby’s name is Hattie, born in San Francisco, California. While viewing the documentary, many theories and concepts in psychology are portrayed.
However some particular movies have managed to have a far more pervasive effect on me. One such Oscar nominated movie is Room. Based on a novel written by Emma Donoghue, it is a deeply emotional and highly suspenseful movie that explores the boundless love between a mother and her child. After the five year old child, Jack and his mother escape from their enclosed surroundings that the boy has known to be his
Losing a child is one of the most traumatic events a person can ever experience. This life changing experience is very difficult for parents to cope with. Grief is something we all experience as human beings; we will all lose someone that we love in our lifetime. We all go through the five stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and last being acceptance (Bolden, 2007). However, this is arguably not the case for parents who experience the death of a child. Although, parents who have experienced...
Isolation becomes a key component in that process. Growing up the child will isolate themselves from their family. Families are a constant reminder of the grief that is inside of the child due to the loss of their parent. That heartache is the very thing that the child wants to forget. Therefore, the child will evade all costs to bring up the deceased parent. Whenever I visited my family, I would deter from the conversation whenever my father was brought up into the conversation. Simultaneously, the fear of losing another family member will always be prevalent in the child’s life. Every medical scare will impact the child even deeper, because of this fear. It takes a lot of courage and strength to overcome the grief and the fear of being vulnerable again. With time comes acceptance. Gradually opening oneself up to others will not just make the child face their emotions, but learn to accept the death of their parent. Surrounding oneself with the family that the child once distanced themselves from will make more sense of the emotions coursing through their mind. Sharing stories, looking at old photographs, and even watching old home videos will assist the child to become more comfortable with the topic of the parent and even aid the child to appreciate the time spent with
Sam Shepard has always written plays that have numerous illusions to frustrate the reader. Shepard has also been known for several twists in his plays, and also makes the reader believe in something that is not real. Born in 1943, Shepard always enjoyed Theatre and Playwriting. Now, nearly 60 years of age, Shepard is one of the most famous playwrights in America.
This is a critique of" Roger And Me", a documentary by Michael Moore. This is a film about a city that at one time had a great economy. The working class people lived the American dream. The majority of people in this town worked at the large GM factory. The factory is what gave these people security in their middle working class home life. Life in the city of Flint was good until Roger Smith the CEO of GM decided to close the factory. This destroyed the city. Violent crime became the highest in the nation, businesses went bankrupt, people were evicted from their rented homes. There were no jobs and no opportunity. Life was so bad that Money magazine named Flint the worst place to live in the entire nation. When news of the factory closing first broke, Michael Moore a native of flint decided to search for Roger Smith and bring him to Flint.