Classic kids, or 100 films the kid in your have to watch by 13 or else!
Day 77: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) *9 and older
You go girl! What fun to see a film where the protagonist is an intelligent martial arts expert who happens to be a woman. Directed by one of my favorite contemporary filmmakers, Ang Lee, the plot is exciting and probes issues of class, race and gender, but it is the action sequences choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping that really get ya! The dialogue is in Mandarin, so the fact that the film was a global success was wonderfully surprising. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won an Academy Award for best foreign language film. Not surprising CTHD also picked up an Award for Cinematography, magnificent!
Themes: Taiwan/China, Gender roles, Teacher-student relationship, Poison, Warriors, Code
Media Literacy Questions for Children: Why is the film at one point switch to flashback? How are gender roles disrupted in the movie? Did Subtitles make the film difficult to enjoy? What was unique about the fight sequences, and did you have a favorite and why? What were the core values of the film?
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