Daddies and mummies

[Campbell, Heather]

I must say, I agree with your concerns. Powerful film, but as an early childhood educator, I am extremely conflicted about this. There was a duty of care towards the wellbeing of the young child acting in this film, and I wonder if the possible benefits deriving from the film (that is, raising awareness of domestic violence and its effect upon children) justify the potential harm inflicted upon the child involved.

 

Heather Campbell

 

From: International Gender and Language Association [mailto:GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Sarah Wagner
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All I can think is, what about this young "actor" who is doing this?  What is she thinking as she says all of these horrible things?  You can't, even in an acting context, make this sound like "pretend" can you?  It's an incredible film, unbelievable (and incredibly important message of course), but I'm so conflicted about the reality of making it.

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Well, there's a frighteningly powerful message 
about how kids internalize and learn to reproduce 
domestic partner abuse.  I'm forwarding this to 
our SafePlace volunteer co-ordinator...


At 10:25 PM +0200 5/1/08, Goretty Robles Fernández wrote:
>I'm speechless.
>http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336489/papas_y_mamas_daddies_mummies/


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