Concept Area: Families in Society

Films or clips that explore families and their relationships to other institutions such as the educational, governmental, religious and occupational institutions as they exist in various societies and times.

• Culture, Race and Ethnicity
• Families and religion
• Families and work
• Families and schools
• Gender role socialization
• Media and the family
• Historical perspective on families

Titles of Films or Television Series Episodes as examples of the concept:

Click on the title for more information about the film or television series.

Antwone Fisher

Because of Winn-Dixie

Education of Little Tree, The

Everyone Loves Raymond (Season 7, episodes 2 and 3)

Finding Forrester

Matilda

Mean Girls

Mi Familia

October Sky

One Fine Day

South Central

Trip to Bountiful, The

Women of Brewster Place

Last update November 5, 2006