I re-watched "About a Boy" last night (after Andrew Root used a clip from it in connection with "Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry"), it's a great film! I was then musing about how much potential inpsiration, training and reflection, that was relevent to youth work/ministry, the film contained. Which got me thinking further, what other films would/should you include in a media based course on youth work/ministry practice?
I like the idea of a course that revolves entirely of:
- Watch the film
- Discuss & Analyse
- Reflect & Explore
- Apply insights to/against practice
I think I really like the idea of working with film as it is more likely to encompass reflection with our whole being, for some of us who exist more naturally as Logicians, this could be dynamite.
PS: Go and re-watch (or watch) "About a Boy" (I know it's entertainment that is a glossy and sanatized feel good version of reality BUT there is something really really amazing embedded in the unfolding story)
1. Happy Feet
2. Soul Food (African American Genre)
3. Shrek 3