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Interstellar

<b>Title</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Interstellar</span>

<b>Date</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: 2014</span>

<b>Media type</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Film</span>

<b>Category</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Parenting</span>

<b>Keywords</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: parent-child relationships</span>

<b>Rating</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: PG-13</span>

<b>Audience(s)</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: High School Age, College Age, Parents, Adults</span>

<b>Language</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: English</span>

<b>Film/Episode Summary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Earth is coming to an end and it is up to one man and a team of four other humans and two robots to find another planet that's capable of life. Their plan is move everyone on Earth to this new planet before nature takes its course and destroys all life on Earth. The man is a father of two, a son and a daughter. He decides to accept this mission to travel out of Earth and leaves behind his children with their grandfather. His daughter, whom he has a strong relationship with will not accept his leave, and denies seeing him for the last time before departure. She holds a very deep grudge against her father, and didn't realize that her left to save not only the lives of his family, but the lives of everyone on Earth.</span>

<b>Comments or Recommendations for Teaching</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: How did leaving affect his daughter? How did she overcome how she felt about her dad? Was were the reasons behind both perspectives of the two characters?</span>

<b>Places to view: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Itunes</span>

<b>Contributor</b><span>: Amy Her</span>

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