Parents' Guide to Endangered

Movie NR 2022 89 minutes
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Sabrina McFarland By Sabrina McFarland , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 13+

International journalists report on job realities; language.

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Why Age 13+?

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  • Endangered Trailer
  • Photojournalist Sáshenka Gutiérrez at work with camera.
  • Reporter Oliver Laughland writing on laptop.
  • Journalist Patrícia Campos Mello looking at desktop computer screen.
  • Photojournalist Carl Juste with camera on location.

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What's the Story?

ENDANGERED is a documentary about four journalists on duty throughout the world and the stories they cover during the year 2020. The time is a tumultuous one, and their assignments entail the arrival of a global pandemic, major elections in Brazil and the Unites States, and purported increasing lack of trust of traditional media outlets and the press. The film features Patrícia Campos Mello, who is a mom, the daughter of a journalist, and also a reporter at the publication Folha de S. Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. Carl Juste is a Miami Herald photographer, a 31-year veteran of the newspaper, and a dad. Sáshenka Gutiérrez is a photojournalist at EFE News Agency in Mexico City, Mexico. U.S.-based reporter Oliver Laughland writes for the British publication The Guardian.

Is It Any Good?

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Directed by Oscar nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp), this documentary vividly depicts the oftentimes vulnerable occupational hazards of being a journalist. "Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries ... you're at risk the moment you walk out the door," says Sáshenka Gutiérrez, a photographer for EFE News Agency in Mexico City in Endangered. Such events, however, don't dissuade Gutiérrez. "When I was little, my mom taught me not to be afraid to tell the truth."

For dad Carl Juste, a Miami Herald photographer for three decades, involvement in the news business is rooted in a family tradition. His late father, Viter Juste, a Haitian-born activist and businessman, watched news programs with him. "That's the legacy," remembers Juste, "he's left for me." And like the film, Endangered aspires to share a similar and objective provision with its viewers.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the courage of the four featured journalists in Endangered. How do they also demonstrate communication, curiosity, perseverance, and teamwork? Why are these important character strengths?

  • In Endangered, a veteran journalist says that people ask him about becoming a reporter. Would you consider journalism as a career choice? Why, or why not? Would you also seek out advice from any of these journalists or others? What questions would you ask about the profession?

  • In the film, the question is raised about what happens to a country that doesn't have strong newspapers. Do you believe that communities still need such publications? Why, or why not?

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