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School Ties is a story of David Green, a young man from the working class, and how he was brought to study in an exclusive and elite 1950s boys school to play in its football team and help beat the schools rivals.
David has a very humble background and lives a life that is far from those of the other students studying in that prestigious school. Despite of these, he is capable of gaining new friends and is a supreme athlete as well.

One thing that the students do not know about David is that he is a Jew. He has kept this a secret because of fear of rejection. The school benefits from his football skills by winning championships and while David makes this great contribution, he also knew that his admission to this school could help him get into Harvard.
The conflict started when Charlie Dillon, one of his classmates, discovers that he is a Jew. Religious inequality exists at that time in America and the discovery of Davids Jewish background was not acceptable to his classmates. The climax of the movie starts when a conflict that involves a cheating scandal arises between David and Charlie. The incident resulted to Charlies expulsion from the school while David had been asked to stay. David pledged to him self and to the school principal that just as the school used him for football he will use it as well to get to Harvard.

The film highlights and emphasizes religious inequality and how powerful the elite people are at that time in maintaining their privileges and status in the society by attending to schools like the one featured in this movie.

Assertion of Theme or Character
In the movie, School Ties, the theme is the religious inequality that existed in America in the 1950s and how the Jewish people had to struggle in order to protect their rights, defend themselves and their religion while trying to fulfil their dreams.

Reaction to the Movie
The film, School Ties, had set an example of how religious inequality can affect individuals and how ones religion can be the subject for discrimination or rejection. It presented how a lot of people can throw judgements to a person based on his religion. In this movie, David struggled to hide his being a Jew because he knew that this will have an impact on his presence in a prestigious school. There are huge chances that he will lose all the attention he is getting, his friends will turn their backs on him and he can lose all the opportunities if he reveals that he is a Jew. It is apparent in the movie that choosing to hide his Jewish background can pave the way to his aspirations and can provide him human pleasures as well. In reaction to this, despite of Davids feelings, he had made his choice between his ambition and his religion.

The ugly concept of using each other for the benefits is also clearly reflected in this movie. The school used David to gain prestige in football while David used the school to reach his objective of getting into Harvard. This is a very relevant issue that a lot of people face even at present. Acceptance in this society is very conditional. It is actually a privilege in itself. People who are facing discrimination are only accepted based what they are capable of contributing instead of who they really are. They will only be welcomed under certain conditions and if they can deliver what is being demanded from them. There is no human compassion involved. This is the reason why some people choose to keep a part of their identity hidden  to gain social acceptance, for their capabilities to be recognized and to be regarded as valuable beyond their flaws. People do this not only to protect themselves but more importantly, to fulfil their personal aspirations and to eliminate all barriers.

In conclusion to that, the concept of the film can be described as fair and balanced.

The Other Sister  Movie Summary
The film, The Other Sister, is about a 22-year old young woman named Carla Tate who comes from a wealthy family and is also slightly mentally challenged. She had spent years of her life in a sheltered and private boarding school. In her return to her home in Northern California, she faces her parents who are very emotional in dealing with her and are at the same time ridden with guilt for sending her away. Carla had to deal with the limitations set by her overprotective mother, Elizabeth. That is the biggest limitation that Carla must learn how to overcome while hoping for a normal life like her sisters.

Carla then decides to take a class at a trade school. Soon enough, she meets Daniel, a young man who is equally challenged mentally. Despite of Daniels condition and limitations, he manages to live on his own and maintains a job at a bakery. This display of independence had brought Carla into a new light. She also dares to dream about being independent and being in love. However, her mother refuses to see her as a capable adult.

The turning point of the film was when Daniel fails in his class and his father decided to cut off his financial support. He faces to move in Florida and join his mother. At this point, Daniel and Carla rely on each other and try to find a solution to be together. They decide to face and enter a world where they can assume adult responsibilities and opportunities by getting married.

Assertion of Theme or Character
In the movie, The Other Sister, the theme is focused on a mentally challenged young womans struggle for independence and equal opportunity and her familys reaction to her disability which had kept her from having a normal or near normal life.

Reaction to the Movie
The movie, The Other Sister, provides enlightenment to people who have misconceptions about mental retardation, developmental delay and cognitive impairment. It can lead people to a brand new understanding of these conditions and how affected individuals can cope up despite their disability.

In this movie, Carla struggled to fight for her independence despite her overprotective mothers reaction to her condition. Carla had demonstrated strength of character and intelligence amidst all the issues she has to deal with  her disability, her family and her struggles.

A persons disability is not always a barrier or hindrance towards achieving a normal life. More often, it is the familys lack of understanding and support that makes a person disabled. Carlas parents had been overcome by their over-protectiveness towards her. If you try to view the movie in a different perspective and draw your focus away from Carlas mentally challenged state, you will realize that the problem does not actually lie with her inherent abilities but rather in the attitude and behaviour that her parents demonstrate regarding her condition. This reaction is usual for parents especially the ones who also have a normal child. The comparison in terms of functionality cannot be eliminated completely. However, family support is highly beneficial for people who have disabilities. More than the love, compassion and attention that families can provide to special children, it is also important to offer encouragement and support to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and live life normally to as far as their abilities would allow them to.

Indeed, the needs of people with disabilities and of their families are best viewed as complementary, since the over- arching goal is the empowerment of the entire family (Marsh, 1992, p. 55).