her one. Erin’s unabashedly risqué clothes and rough language,
earns her the disdain of fellow employees, but she does not let
that or her complete lack of formal legal experience and higher
education stop her from launching a mammoth class action
lawsuit against a seemingly omnipotent energy corporation
that covered up a toxic waste spill and knowingly damaged the
health of an entire town.
Viewing Suggestion:Watch how Erin stands up for her
convictions and uses her god-given gifts despite all the obvious
cards being stacked against her.
The Insider (1999)
Ethics and personal courage take center stage in this highly
acclaimed (and controversial) cutting edge drama about a
tobacco company doctor-turned-reluctant-whistle-blower,
Jeffery Wigand. Jeffery has crucial evidence that tobacco com-
pany executives knowingly doctored their product with a car-
cinogenic additive to make it more addictive, then lied to con-
gress. Constructed like a jigsaw puzzle in which crucial pieces
keep disappearing, the twisted plot follows investigative journal-
istand 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman as he manipulates
behind the scenes to get the highly damaging story on the air.
Viewing Suggestion:Watch how Jeffrey, after hesitating
for a while, stands up for his convictions and blows the whistle
on big tobacco.
Exercise: Imagine yourself feeling your fear of
standing up for your convictions, accepting this fear
and consequently following through. What would
you expect to change in your life if you did?- I am not capable of “feeling my fear and doing it any-
way.”
Defending your Life (1991)
Daniel is a yuppie who died in a car accident and is awaiting
the determination of his fate in Judgment City, a sort-of waiting
“Fear is an anticipation of
future pain.”
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