Boys alone
Description
Boys Alone is a riveting film of an English social experiment in which 10 eleven-year old boys are invited to be "home alone" without adult supervision for a week in a suburban house. The boys came in a variety of shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. They had different previous experiences in being away from home. The film tests the common belief that a pack of boys left together in a house for a long period of time, will self-destruct, as they did in Lord of the Flies. In any group of boys, it is thought, fierce hierarchies will quickly form. The strongest and most assertive will survive; the most sensitive and vulnerable will suffer. But is it true? And if it is, how exactly does that process happen? What about the practicalities of daily life, like preparing meals or keeping themselves clean? The cinema verite camera allows us to observe their behavior up close. After a week together, when the experiment is finished, they return to their parents who are incredulous at what happened. The house has been trashed and the boys are physically and emotionally exhausted. Sociology and psychology students will find fascinating material in this film.
Runtime
49 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2001
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
The Fallen Idol
Personality theories. Factor analysis approaches. Class 19
Carl Gustav Jung. An Introduction
Attachment Theory
Freud, Jung, and Psychoanalysis. History of Psychology - Part 2
Living and Breathing. Coping with LAM and Other Chronic Illnesses
The Weight of Gold
Rethinking Happiness
Somatic Consequences of Emotional Starvation in Infants
Introduction to Bullying for Elementary Schools
Patrick?s Story, Attempted Suicide, Attempting Life
I Got Rhythm, The Science of Song
Unbreakable. Surviving Trauma
Growing Up
The Truth About Risk