Film Values, Attitudes About Work

IDS 300W

Booster Points (5)

For a possible 5 extra points, view one of the films listed below and write a three to five page paper, answering the following questions:

1. Identify and describe the values about work expressed in each film.

2. Identify and describe the attitudes about work you observed in the leading characters.

3. What images did you observe about the particular jobs portrayed in the film and about work in general?

4. What conclusions can you make about work, based on this film’s messages?

Film options:

Absence of Malice Passionfish

Remember the Titans Sabrina

A League of their Own Silkwood

Apollo 13 The Joy Luck Club

A Room With a View The Long Walk Home

A Woman of Independent Means Tampopo

Black Like Me The Milagro Beanfield War

Broadcast News The Turning Point

Clerks Wall Street

Dead Man Walking Dead Poets Society

Erin Brockovich 42—Forty Two Up

Fried Green Tomatoes Good Will Hunting

Grace of My Heart Grapes of Wrath

Hear My Song Local Hero

It’s a Wonderful Life Love and Basketball

Malcolm X Matewan

Mississippi Masala My Brilliant Career

Nine to Five Norma Rae

Office Space The Perfect Storm

Ruby in Paradise Punchline

My Family Yes Boss

American Splendor Antwone Fisher

Legally Blonde Antitrust

The Quiet American Nurse Betty

Adaptation About Schmidt

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Space Cowboys

Antz Topsy Turvy

Charms for the Easy Life Finding Forrester

Red Julie and Julia

The Sessions Beasts of the Southern Wild

Argo Crazy Rich Asians

Hidden Figures Ford v. Ferrari