Methods of fighting against violence presented in films
”I walked away from Africa with nothing.
No brother, no family, no lover, nothing...
Just a belief that words and compassion are
the better way. Even if it's slower than a
gun.”
Silvia Broome
„The Interpreter”
Biographical film
based on the life of
Mahatma Gandhi, who
led the nonviolent
resistance movement
against British colonial
rule in India during the
first half of the 20th
century.
Problem:
Racism
Method of solution:
- Day of prayers – all inhabitants of India pray and post the one whole day – the country and British occupants cannot work
- Hunger – strikes –„I will not eat until the fighting stops”
- Burning humilitating permits
- Speeches
Result:
Gandhi convinced milions of India people to take part in his manifestations. He was called „father” and „great soul”. India people got independence back, although Gandhi was murdered and could not enjoy it.
12-years-old boy gets
homework on social
studies. His task is to
come up with a plan
that will change the
world through direct
action. Unlike most
other kids from his
class, he succeeded.
Method ”Pay it forward”
spreads from city-to-
city and leads to social
changes.
Problem:
Small boy wantsto make our worldbetter.
Method of solution:
He thinks up a methodcalled „ pay it forward” – Help three people with something they cannot do by themselves. From then, those three people will in turn each help three other people, who will than each help three more people, and so on.
Result:
He succeeded. A lot of people becamehappier, includinghimself and his family. Adults learnthow to do good thingsthanks to small, 12-years-old boy frompathological family.
This film is a true story.
Nelson Mandela was
an anti-apartheid activist.
He was arrested and
convicted of sabotage
and other charges.
The warden is white South
African racist, apartheid enthusiast. He sees
Mandela as the worst terrorist in the world.
However, the prisoner is so bright and
charismatic, that the warden slowly starts to
develop some interest in him and his ideas of a
free and democratic South Africa.
Problem:
Racism
Method of solution:
- Conversations
- Speeches
- Peacefulgatherings
Result:
The warden, his family and environment abandon theirracist ideas. Apartheid becomesabolished.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk
students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and
pursue education beyond high school.
Problem:
Studentsfrom one
class do not tolerate
each other
Method of solution:
Teachershows
studentshow similar
they are
Result:
Students start to talk with othershaving possitive
attitude, human’srace doesn’t make difference in their
contacts, theybecome tolerant .
After Erik Ponti takes participation in
fight, he is expelled from school. He has to
improve his marks and change his violent
lifestyle in the new private school.
„Schoolmate upbringing” system is applied
there. Elder students „keep discipline” in
school by hitting youngers with sharp
tools, ordering humilitating
activities, frightening, ashaming nicknames.
They are preferential and unpunished. Erik
quickly becomes their main target.
Problem:
Younger students are bullied by
unpunished elders
Method of solution:
Erik refuses doing humilitating
orders, he never uses phisical
violency against persecutors
Result:
After the headmaster expelled Erik from the private school, he tells one of persecutors what
does he think about their „schoolmate
upbringing” and calls his familiar barrister
Display of agression in this movie manifests
in psychical violence between the students in
secondary school. Three girls wrote in the secret
book a lot of facinorous gossips. The book caused
the fight between all students at school. Luckily
one of the teachers initiates the exercise which
helps express anger in a healthy way. Every girl
has to tell classmates about her problems and
admit her mistakes. This method solves the
problem.
Problem:
psychicalviolence
Method of solution:
Exercise whichhelps expressanger in a healthy way
Result:
Consent and peace
Evan has problems with memory, so he gets
a recommendation from a doctor to write down all
events in the logs. Seven years after these events he
realizes that reading them can take him in time and
change the course of the taken decisions. Evan goes
back in time and does not allow these sad events to
take place. He triumphs over evil, with good.
Evan opposed to violence, to save a friend.
Problem:
Bullying, beating and maltreating childrenmentally and physically by one of classmates.Becauseof it one of students– Toby kills himself
Method of solution:
Evan(main character) talks with his parents and aggressive student, heprevents bad events
Result: Boy is expelledfrom school, in classthere is betteratmoshpere, Tomy isalive