Cinema is presented as a faithful reflection of what is happening at a social level and mediation is no exception. Since the Federal Alternative Dispute Resolution Law was approved in the US (1998) There have been frequent film screenings that we have been able to see on this topic. This has undoubtedly had an impact on how the majority of society views this process as an alternative possibility to conflict management. In such a way, cinematographic art consists of creating an atmosphere of reality/illusion in all those who share the viewing of a certain film and is capable of generating new imaginaries that enable a shared worldview towards a certain theme.
The meaning of this and the following posts in this regard is none other than to provide the readers of the blog of the International School of Mediation with the summary and analysis of several films that in recent decades have captured the interest of citizens in different areas. parts of the world, with mediation as an underlying theme or backdrop.
The mountain colors
This Colombian film tells the story of Manuel and his school friends about all the adventures they must undertake to rescue a soccer ball that they had accidentally thrown into a minefield.
“The colors of the mountain” also shows the enormous effort of a school teacher who, with very few resources, fights to keep the school open even in the midst of threats from armed groups.
This teacher teaches children to think about peace, gives them refuge through books, and vehemently opposes the use of school by combatants. It stands as a mediator who tries to achieve the well-being of the students, even despite the enormous difficulties that exist in their immediate context.
He called me Malala
On the afternoon of October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai, who was 15 years old, went to school like every day. A group of armed men asked for her and waited for her at the exit.
They then boarded the school bus and shot her at point-blank range in the head and neck, leaving her on the brink of death. The event of this young woman who stood up to the Taliban to be able to study outraged the international media and went around the world.
This documentary shows us the story of this Pakistani activist who was a Nobel Peace Prize winner and who in her speech before the United Nations called against female oppression in her country and in favor of education for women.
Their actions show the values and principles that should lead to the mediators to carry out their work in the interests of achieving equity and justice in any mediation process in which they are immersed.
Professor Lazhar
This film is about an elementary school teacher who commits suicide in a Canadian city and one of her students witnesses the event. The directors rush to find a replacement in order to mitigate the teacher's absence and dissipate the impact that her death had left.
This is how Bachir Lazhar arrived, an immigrant teacher from Algeria who had just faced a difficult family tragedy. Despite the profound cultural differences between the new substitute and his pupils, Professor Lazhar manages to establish a relationship of cordiality, mutual agreement and understanding with his students through pedagogies unknown to the children.
This film reveals how, on various occasions, a teacher is able to prioritize his or her work beyond personal difficulties or the context.
The teacher will develop different facets in the educational field/community in which it has been assigned. The role of the mediator is glimpsed at different moments in the film in order to resolve many of the latent conflicts that exist at the administrative/community/educational level.
From the EIM we hope that you can watch these films and enjoy them (before, during and after training with us in mediation) and carry out an in-depth analysis of the multidimensionality of the figure of the mediator.
As you can see, in our In training we use countless resources to guarantee that future mediators obtain the necessary skills to act as specialist mediators in different areas. What are you waiting for to train in one of the most in-demand professions in the present and in the future?
