Movies and TV shows

TV Shows and Movies

City of God

In this movie, a story is told about a city in which all the homeless and poor of Rio Di Janeiro are forced to reside and it becomes barbaric. Gangs start up between the two richest powers in the community, and eventually they begin a civil war. The turning point of the movie, one of the causes of the civil war, is when one gang leader is out searching for the other and ends up killing an innocent man’s brother on the way. That man then decides who to side with and seeks revenge. This clip shows the dangers of murder and revenge’s vicious cycle.

Degrassi

Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe that was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. Degrassi: The Next Generation is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi High. Like its predecessors, Degrassi: The Next Generation follows a group of students at Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life. We see almost every issue teens today face such as drinking, drug abuse, STD, rape, cutting, suicide attempts, school shootings, sexting, sex, guns, fighting, gambling, bipolar disorders, cancer, stealing, stabbing, abuses, eating disorders, peer pressure, sororities, teen pregnancy, affairs, illegal relationships, etc. We can see the pain and emotional/physical situations these teens come in contact with.

Stepmom

Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnose of cancer, which might may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together. This is a very sad movie and we see how the mother and her children have to cope with her cancer and still be a strong family, even though at the end she does pass away.
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Classic Disney Movies and Broken Families

There is a debate if disney is trying to tear families apart. Think of a Disney movie and tell me if there families relationships and if they have no parent or come from a bad home. Disney has been making films for almost a century, and has created some of the most memorable characters that have touched the lives of generation after generation of parents and children. Disney films have had a somewhat disturbing trend or theme that has echoed throughout America’s youth for nearly 70 years. Why have so many single parents appeared over the last 20 years though? Why has it become ok to abandon a woman and leave her to take care of your child? Why has it become acceptable for people to divorce instead of spending time to work on their marriages instead of other things?Rejects http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/opinion-disney-family.php#ixzz0oAPmwp7I

Parental Death
Bambi:is told by his father, that his mother was shot by hunters
Lion King: Simba had two parents, his father Mufasa was murdered
The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s parents are gone
Tarzan: Young Tarzan is adopted by Kala after his parents are killed in a leopard attack
Dinosaur: Aladar’s mother is killed in a Carnotaur attackThe Hunchback of
Notre Dame: Quasimodo’s parents are ambushed by Judge Frollo
Atlantis: Milo’s father is aloneFinding
Nemo: Nemo’s mother is killed before he is born
The Fox and The Hound: Tod is taken in after his mother is killed by a hunter
Pollyanna: Lost both of her parents

Child Abandonment

Peter Pan: Lost boy, a.k.a. Orphan
Oliver & Company: Homeless kitten meets homeless gang of dogs
The Rescuers: Bernard and Bianca venture to rescue a little orphan girl
Lilo & Stitch: Only Lilo and her sister Nani
Aladin: has no parents, "street rat"

Single Parent Family

Dumbo: Mrs. Jumbo is all alone
Toy Story: Never saw Andy’s father
Pocahontas: Her single father Powhatan
Beauty & The Beast: Belle’s single father Maurice
The Little Mermaid: King Triton has no Queen
Aladdin: Jasmine’s father, The Sultan, has no wife
Pinnochio: He only has a creepy father
Snow White: Snow White has The Evil Queen as her stepmother
Cinderella: Lady Tremaine is Cinderella’s evil stepmother
Mary Poppins: Nanny to children of a Banker
Chicken Little: Single father Buck Cluck
The Parent Trap: Single Parents are united by their children
The Mighty Ducks: Charlie’s single mom almost hooks up with Coach Bombay who only had a father
Pirates of the Caribbean: Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner only have fathers

Tom and Jerry