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Old 03-04-2014, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
I believe it depends on how it is handled. These kind of movies can be used quite well to educate our youth about problems in the past which may rear their heads in the present. I remember how much pride an avid Lakota student at the University of Minnesota Law Library when Dances with Wolves won the Best Picture award. This pride also seemed to go throughout the Lakota communities in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
In this vein Fox Search Light is making available to high schools across the country the book by Solomon Northrup, a study guide and the film. It will be available to be taught in school as I expect Gravity will be taught in film school