Buried Above Ground Reflective Viewing and Essay (20%)
Use this table as you watch the documentary, Buried Above Ground (BAG). Record scenes or quotes (you may paraphrase the quote if needed) that you find meaningful in understanding the preferences and values, and perspectives as it relates to the health, families, cultures and communities of one of the three main individuals in the film who is living with PTSD. Across your viewing of BAG you should identify and reflect on a minimum of 12 examples from scenes or quotes. As you watch the documentary notice what you find yourself reacting.
Include on your table the scene or quote. Acknowledge how what you saw/hear, made you feel, and why, write that down, from a feeling level. You will record your examples and your reflective feelings while viewing the film. After viewing BAG you will make time to let yourself shift to your professional self, and you will reflect on the experience of the individual you selected and describe why this is interesting to you and how it relates to your own learning and current and future practice. To write your reflective essay you will identify a theme or themes across what you have posted to your reflective viewing table. You may choose one or more of your themes as the organizing concept to develop and write your essay. This reflective essay in not a film report, it is an analysis and synthesis of preferences and values that provide an opportunity for you to remain sensitized to human experiences in your practice. Your table must be completed and submitted as an appendix with your essay.
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