Sentences with phrase «filmed civics lessons»

For all the value of his three most recent period pictures, they feel less vital as direct responses to the world around us than as filmed civics lessons, like popcorn Rossellini in his historical films era.

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When Roberts was asked what stood out to her the most from the film regarding the lesson in civic engagement she responded «just basically let's do it — let's get involved — that's basically what they are all saying.»

She is determined to nurture «from the inside» a project of civil rights education, but her Guarani - speaking high - school students resist her civics lessons - and she quickly learns that gaining their trust won't be an easy task.These subtly illuminating encounters reverberate in the aftermath of the central event of the film - a harrowing sexual assault by a group of young men.

One of the year's best American films explores the accomplishments of Dr. King without wrapping it in a grade - school civics lesson