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Seeing Is Believing

1956 10 min
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How three different newsreels treat the arrival in town of a political candidate demonstrates that the approach to an event can change its character--you can't always believe all you see.

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How three different newsreels treat the arrival in town of a political candidate demonstrates that the approach to an event can change its character--you can't always believe all you see.
Media and Communication Social Issues All subjects
  • director
    Gudrun Parker
  • script
    Gudrun Parker
  • producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • photography
    Donald Wilder
  • sound
    Frank Orban
  • editing
    Douglas Tunstell
  • sound editing
    Joan Edward

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Education

Ages 7 to 14
School subjects
English Language Arts - Journalism Media Education - Journalism/News

Questions/Activities:

  • What were the three different perspectives of Miller that were depicted in the film? 
  • What did the various reporters decide to focus on in order to change the perspective demonstrated?
  • Every Story Has Three Sides: Have your students pick an event in their everyday lives. Take this as a subject and write three different perspectives on it without using false information.

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