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The Power of One

1992

There's an orphan at the centre of The Power of One (1992) who is neither a super villain nor a super hero.

Young PK has his mother for a while after his father dies, but she sends him to a boarding school. And then she dies too. Living with his grandfather, the boy is well mentored by a German pianist and a Zulu prison inmate, men who teach him how to stand up for himself because he is bullied by Afrikaan South Africans (he's English).

The film concludes with PK joining forces with Black South Africans to campaign against the rampant racial injustice.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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