Overview
This analysis is limited to 3-4 pages, excluding a cover page and references, and should follow APA format (7thedition). You may use first-person for this assignment.
Please, select one of these five documentaries for this assignment. All of the films represent a form of diversity. Please choose a film that interests you. Remember, the purpose of this assignment is to make connections to your future professional lives and discuss the implications for working with a specific population. This should be clearly articulated.
- Owned: A Tale of Two Americas (Poverty & race): "Owned" is a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy. Tracking its overtly racist beginnings to its unbridled commoditization, the doc exposes a foundational story few Americans understand as their own.
https://www.kanopy.com/en/towson/video/6009139
- Apart: APART offers an intimate portrait of three women incarcerated on drug-related charges who face the challenge of mothering their children first from prison and then after release. With the help of a unique re-entry program run by Malika, an advocate formerly incarcerated in the same prison, the women lean on each other to find the strength and support to rebuild their lives and relationships with their children.
https://www.kanopy.com/en/towson/video/12980883
- My So-Called Enemy: Celebrating Diversity, Interfaith and Intercultural Understanding: follows six courageous Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls who participated in a cross-cultural women’s leadership program in the U.S. and documents how the transformative experience of knowing their "enemies" as human beings in US meets with the realities of their lives back home in the Middle East over the next seven years.
https://www.kanopy.com/en/towson/video/144803
- Crip Camp: In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp “for the handicapped” (a term no longer used) in the Catskills, became their utopia. (Available on Netflix & YouTube)
Learning Objectives for Film Analysis Assignment
By the end of this assignment, the student will be able to:
- Summarize and interpret the key themes presented in a documentary film related to a vulnerable or marginalized population, demonstrating understanding of the sociocultural, economic, or political factors that influence health.
- Identify and critically evaluate perspectives of individuals featured in the documentary, including how their identities, experiences, and interactions relate to issues of stigma, access to care, and systemic inequities.
- Compare observed film content with current, evidence-based literature, integrating a minimum of three credible peer-reviewed sources to explore health disparities and cultural considerations relevant to the population featured.
- Reflect on personal insights and emotional responses to the film content, articulating how these reflections inform the student's own values, biases, and approach to providing culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and inclusive nursing care.
- Analyze the implications of the film’s content for future nursing practice, including strategies for advocating for vulnerable populations and delivering equitable, person-centered care across diverse clinical settings.