[OSList] movies that illustrate self organisation

[Michael M Pannwitz]

... here is a plot summary

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>
> Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico,
> the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American
> workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other
> mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. The film is an
> early treatment of feminism, because the wives of the miners play a
> pivotal role in the strike, against their husbands wishes. In the
> end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the
> realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are
> not always imposed by outside forces. This film was written, directed
> and produced by members of the original "Hollywood Ten," who were
> blacklisted for refusing to answer Congressional inquiries on First
> Amendment grounds. - Written by Bob Shields <rshields at igc.apc.org>

mmp

On 18.07.2014 03:27, Michael Wood wrote:
> Last night I watched a film called The Dallas Buyers Club. It won a
> couple of Academy Awards last year. It tells the story from the mid
> 1980s about how groups of people living with AIDS self organised
> themselves to source and experiment with various 'unauthorised'
> treatments. This fringe work ultimately shaped more mainstream
> treatments. Over breakfast this morning I was thinking about it some
> more and thinking what a powerful example it was of a self-organising
> system. There was a complex/wicked problem, a few people stepped
> forward combining passion and responsibility and invited other people
> to join them.
>
> Then I started wondering what other movies give such good
> illustrations of the power of self organisation. When we try to tell
> others about the self-organising principles of OST it is usually
> easiest to tell stories and movies are a form of story telling.
>
> I accept that if we live in a self-organising world then all movies
> will illustrate self-organisation in some way. However, I suspect
> that some films illustrate it more clearly than others. What movie
> would you point to as vividly illustrating the power of
> self-organisation, and why?
>
> Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia
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