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Is It Always Right to Be Right?

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Producing House

The world is divided into factions, on opposite sides of issues; each side is, of course, right. And so the gap between the people grows, until someone challenges the absolutist view of what's "right."

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1970-10-31

Runtime: 8 mins

Director: Lee Mishkin

Writer: Warren H. Schmidt

Spoken language: English

Genres: Animation

Original title: Is It Always Right to Be Right?

Production Companies: Stephen Bosustow Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
Fifty years on from this admittedly lacklustre animation, it's still worth listening to the words of Warren H. Schmidt's narrative (from Orson Welles) about the repetitive and fruitless nature of human belligerence. All the vested interests convinced that they, and they alone, are correct. No-one prepared to even hint that there might be room for manoeuvre or compromise as chasms begin to exist in society based on things like age, politics, race, sex, faith - and even chasms within chasms. Until, that is, someone somewhere has the courage to say that everything isn't just a case of black and white or right or wrong. Maybe bridges can and should be built if tolerance and understanding can be found amidst the hitherto bloody-minded and opinionated. Social media "influencers" in 2024 take note!
2024-05-18

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