Methods of fighting

against violence

presented in films

”I walked away from Africa with nothing.

No brother, no family, no lover, nothing...

Just a belief that words and compassion are

the better way. Even if it's slower than a

gun.”

Silvia Broome

„The Interpreter”

Biographical film

based on the life of

Mahatma Gandhi, who

led the nonviolent

resistance movement

against British colonial

rule in India during the

first half of the 20th

century.

Problem:

Racism

Method of solution:

- Day of prayers – all inhabitants of India pray and post the one whole day – the country and British occupants cannot work

- Hunger – strikes –„I will not eat until the fighting stops”

- Burning humilitating permits

- Speeches

Result:

Gandhi convinced milions of India people to take part in his manifestations. He was called „father” and „great soul”. India people got independence back, although Gandhi was murdered and could not enjoy it.

12-years-old boy gets

homework on social

studies. His task is to

come up with a plan

that will change the

world through direct

action. Unlike most

other kids from his

class, he succeeded.

Method ”Pay it forward”

spreads from city-to-

city and leads to social

changes.

Problem:

Small boy wantsto make our worldbetter.

Method of solution:

He thinks up a methodcalled „ pay it forward” – Help three people with something they cannot do by themselves. From then, those three people will in turn each help three other people, who will than each help three more people, and so on.

Result:

He succeeded. A lot of people becamehappier, includinghimself and his family. Adults learnthow to do good thingsthanks to small, 12-years-old boy frompathological family.

This film is a true story.

Nelson Mandela was

an anti-apartheid activist.

He was arrested and

convicted of sabotage

and other charges.

The warden is white South

African racist, apartheid enthusiast. He sees

Mandela as the worst terrorist in the world.

However, the prisoner is so bright and

charismatic, that the warden slowly starts to

develop some interest in him and his ideas of a

free and democratic South Africa.

Problem:

Racism

Method of solution:

- Conversations

- Speeches

- Peacefulgatherings

Result:

The warden, his family and environment abandon theirracist ideas. Apartheid becomesabolished.

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk

students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and

pursue education beyond high school.

Problem:

Studentsfrom one

class do not tolerate

each other

Method of solution:

Teachershows

studentshow similar

they are

Result:

Students start to talk with othershaving possitive

attitude, human’srace doesn’t make difference in their

contacts, theybecome tolerant .

After Erik Ponti takes participation in

fight, he is expelled from school. He has to

improve his marks and change his violent

lifestyle in the new private school.

„Schoolmate upbringing” system is applied

there. Elder students „keep discipline” in

school by hitting youngers with sharp

tools, ordering humilitating

activities, frightening, ashaming nicknames.

They are preferential and unpunished. Erik

quickly becomes their main target.

Problem:

Younger students are bullied by

unpunished elders

Method of solution:

Erik refuses doing humilitating

orders, he never uses phisical

violency against persecutors

Result:

After the headmaster expelled Erik from the private school, he tells one of persecutors what

does he think about their „schoolmate

upbringing” and calls his familiar barrister

Display of agression in this movie manifests

in psychical violence between the students in

secondary school. Three girls wrote in the secret

book a lot of facinorous gossips. The book caused

the fight between all students at school. Luckily

one of the teachers initiates the exercise which

helps express anger in a healthy way. Every girl

has to tell classmates about her problems and

admit her mistakes. This method solves the

problem.

Problem:

psychicalviolence

Method of solution:

Exercise whichhelps expressanger in a healthy way

Result:

Consent and peace

Evan has problems with memory, so he gets

a recommendation from a doctor to write down all

events in the logs. Seven years after these events he

realizes that reading them can take him in time and

change the course of the taken decisions. Evan goes

back in time and does not allow these sad events to

take place. He triumphs over evil, with good.

Evan opposed to violence, to save a friend.

Problem:

Bullying, beating and maltreating childrenmentally and physically by one of classmates.Becauseof it one of students– Toby kills himself

Method of solution:

Evan(main character) talks with his parents and aggressive student, heprevents bad events

Result: Boy is expelledfrom school, in classthere is betteratmoshpere, Tomy isalive