Question: What are examples of films, TV shows, games, novels, plays, etc, that, for you, include transformative justice in some way? The ones I've identified are recent and I don't want to spoil them by listing them here.
Quick def of TJ: "seeks to respond to violence without creating more violence and/or engaging in harm reduction to lessen the violence" More: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/transformative-justice-a-brief-description/
Thank you!
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@christydena Can't think of any specific examples, but old sit-coms were often heavily moralistic. I'm thinking, like Happy Days, One Day at a Time, Who's the Boss, Family Ties, and shows like that always ended on a note of personal growth for one of the characters, though there was almost never any sort of violence in shows like that. In Hollywood, no matter what type of story, it seems that violence is the only justice. Couldn't think of a single example off the top of my head.
@christydena Glass Onion, I suppose avoids direct personal violence, but one could argue that violent destruction is also violence, even if no one was physically harmed. Have you seen The Swimmers? I guess that’s not really about “justice” as the achievements don’t directly relate to the perpetrators of injustice. Idk, curious to hear what you think about that one.
@blastingrod Regarding Glass Onion — there are two things I’m applying to the TJ context: 1) police, courts, etc not being of help (though not by choice), and 2) making sure the volatile fuel doesn’t harm others. (Note too, there is no healing work with the offender, etc.) Swimmers was awesome. I’ll need to rewatch to remember how that plays out. Stopping/reducing ongoing harm through mutual aid comes to mind. You?
@blastingrod Oh, Family Ties is a good one — there was heart and inner searching in there. Thank you! And yes, the justice = violence thing is pervasive. That’s why I’m asking around. There are some stories in the print anthology Octavia’s Brood, a strut towards it in the film Glass Onion, and the whole caboodle in the game Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County.