If, as with Avatar, watching a film can help stimulate reflection and refine an opinion, which films would you show your children to help them develop a green conscience? Have you ever thought about it? If not, we try to meet you with our Top 10 eco-films for children, which includes titles capable of combining the fun and lightness typical of stories dedicated to children with valuable food for thought on topics such as pollution, irrational exploitation of resources, animal protection and respect for nature.
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Un film it can amuse, move, distress, sadden, make people laugh or amaze with particularly successful special effects. And it can too convey messages specific e transmit examples and teachings, contributing to sensitize the viewer to particular issues. It is the case of Avatar (2009) of James Cameron, a sci-fi colossal with epic tones and great special effects that has had a huge success with the public, reaching millions of people around the world and spreading a strong pacifist and ecological message, based on respect forenvironment and protection of natural resources.
Yes, eat per Avatar, watching a film can help stimulate reflection and refine an opinion, which films would you show your children to help them develop a green conscience? Have you ever thought about it? If not, we try to accommodate you with ours Top 10 eco-films for the little ones, which includes titles capable of combining the fun and lightness typical of the stories dedicated to children with valuable insights on issues such aspollution, the irrational exploitation of resources, protection of animals and respect for nature identity.
1. WALL-E (2008)
WALL-E is an animated film made by Pixar in co-production with Disney and set on an unrecognizable planet Earth, uninhabited and characterized by very high skyscrapers of trash. Due to thepollution, for 700 years humanity has lived on a spaceship, a prisoner of its own comforts, while on Earththe only robot-sweeper WALL-E remained continues, in complete solitude but with great dedication, to carry out the function for which it was planned:compact i waste and stack them.
The film, a delightful story of love and hope, shines the spotlight on dramatically current problems, such as thepollution,global warming andexcessive production of waste: the environmental message has the merit of being conveyed through a robot of great humanity, which ends up conquering the spectators, regardless of their age.
2. Finding Nemo (2003)
Pixar animated film, Finding Nemo is the delightful tale of the adventures of Nemo, a clownfish with atrophic fin, and his fatherMarlin, anxious and hyper-protective, but ready to challenge both the dangers of the ocean and the threatening human presence in order to save his baby and bring him home, on the barrier Reef.
In a film that celebrates values such as the love between father and son, solidarity and friendship and which claims the right of fish to swim free in a sea cleaninstead of becoming "objects" of furniture, it is very significant that the greatest danger that little Nemo has to face is the "terrible Darla", a whimsical and spoiled child who treats animals like toys.
3. Happy Feet (2006)
Animation films, Happy Feet tells the story of the penguin Mambo, out of tune (unlike all its peers) but with a huge and unusual talent for tap. Through hilarious and engaging songs and dances, the story shows the impact of man's hand onAntartide, which mostly translates toactivity of fishery uncontrolled, and conveys messages such as the need to respect theenvironment and the importance of consider diversity as a source of wealth.
4. Bambi (1942)
Bambi is a classic of the animation genre and is the prima Disney production entirely set in the animal world, with a protagonist capable of softening adults and making the little ones empathize. Precisely for this reason, before proposing its vision to the children, you have to prepare them for one of the saddest scenes in the history of animated films, a moment so full of tension and emotions that it can move anyone: the death of mother doe, killed by hunters.
The film follows the path of the fawn and his friends to adulthood, in an idyllic natural world, disturbed only by menacing presence of man.
5. The Forest Gang (2006)
The gang of the bosco is an animated film that, through the vicissitudes of the shrewd and tramp raccoon RJ and his new friends, denounces some evils of our time, such as the consumerism,greed and indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, underlining as a counterpoint the value offriendshipand loyalty and mutual respect.
6. Hens on the run (2000)
Light and witty animated film, Hens on the run is set in a herd of hens whose owner, the infamous Lady Tweedy, dissatisfied with the proceeds of the trade in eggs, has decided to produce pies of chicken using a new, terrible machine. Faced with the prospect of being turned into food, the hens, guided by the enterprising Gaia, put in place a fun escape plan, which will lead them to scratch free on a beautiful green lawn.
7. Pocahontas (1995)
Pocahontas is a Disney animated film, inspired by a true story. The film is set in the seventeenth century and tells the landing of the first English colonists in America and their encounter-clash with the natives, including the brave Pocahontas, daughter of a tribal chief. The story, which is better suited to not too young children, invites to dialogue between cultures and traditions, All 'acceptance of diversity in the name of peace and respect for nature, at the same time condemning greed, spirit of oppression e exploitation of resources.
8. The Lion King (1994)
After Bambi, Il re leone is the second Disney film entirely set in the animal world. The film, one of the most poetic made by the American production house, tells the story of the puppy Simba, fled from the herd for fear of having caused the death of his father and destined to defeat his usurper uncle, becoming king. His journey towards adulthood is seasoned with "humanity", between feelings, values and nice friends.
9. The Jungle Book (1967)
The jungle book is a Disney animated film based on the short stories of Rudyard Kipling. The film describes an animal world populated by feelings, emotional ties, sympathy and precise ethical codes, indistinguishable, in many ways, from the human world. The protagonist of the story is the little one Mowgli, raised with care and love by forest animals and then "returned" to its species.
10. Free Willy (1993)
Free Willy tells a story of friendship and good feelings, in the best tradition of movies dedicated to families. The protagonists are a street kid, Jesse, and Willy, a male killer whale caught in the sea and has become, despite her, the attraction of a water park. Following the principles and stages of the happy ending adventure, Jesse will help his friend regain freedom and reunite with his family, thus marking the triumph of friendship over cynicism and greed of the owner of theaquarium.
And you, which films would you include in your Top 10?
Lisa Vagnozzi
