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Grit: Discussion Guide Resources

Resources

FILM-RELATED WEB SITES

Explore content related to Grit on the POV website, where you’ll also find other relevant features, shorts and digital projects.

Grit – The official website for the film.

Environmental Justice Atlas: "Environmental Conflicts in Indonesia" – A global atlas of environmental conflicts.

Friends of the Earth Indonesia – A source for current environmental advocacy initiatives in Indonesia, searchable by category (e.g., mining, agriculture, disasters).

Katadata: "The Revival of Bakrie Group's Oil and Gas Business" – A 2018 story from Katadata by Safrezi Fitra about the company that owns Lapindo.

Natural Resources Defense Council: "The Environmental Justice Movement" – This advocacy organization provides an explainer on environmental justice.

The Victim of Mud Volcano Lapindo Disaster – A 2007 series of blog posts from a victim of the mudflow.

Sources

About the author:

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (Corwin, 2012) and past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has written discussion guides and lesson plans for more than 250 independent films.