What story is being told in the background of Children of Men? A lot of information can be found in the headlines of the newspapers scattered throughout the film. Here is what some of them say:
- Raid nabs refugees’ weapons cache
- AFRICA DEVASTATED BY NUCLEAR FALL OUT
- U.S. TROOPS FULL ATTACK
- EXTREMIST EXPLOSION A RIGHT ROYAL RIP OFF: CHARLES SHOULD BE THRONE OUT
- MILITIAS OCCUPY CINCINNATI
- CHAOS IN REFUGEE CAMPS
- FERTILITY DRUG KILLS! SURGEON ARRESTED
- HORMONE ATTACKS: VIOLENT REACTION
- 100 Suicides: Nation in Denial
- RUSSIA IN CRISIS: Massive migration
- Police put mosques under surveillance
- Gatherings are forbidden
- BOMBING OF SAUDI PIPELINE DISRUPTS WORLD’S OIL SUPPLY (Photo by Janice Palmer)
- REFUGEES BLAMED FOR INCREASE IN TERROR ATTACKS (Thursday April 6th, 2018)
- SOUTH COAST TOWNS TURNED INTO REFUGEE CAMPS (Tuesday February 11, 2020)
- PM DENIES “TORTURE” OF BRITISH CITIZENS, ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE DISMISSED AS A SHAM
- DIRTY BOMB DETONATED IN MUNICH (Report by Photojournalist Janice Palmer)
- England bans ALL immigration completely
- 25% INFERTILITY RATE (21.12.2008)
- Two years since last baby born
- NO BABY HOPE ADMIT SCIENTISTS
- WAR AND FAMINE LEAD TO MASS MIGRATION
- JANICE PALMER questions Britain’s ethical response to the refugee situation
- MASSIVE MIGRATION
- CHANNEL TUNNEL CLOSED
- All foreigners now ILLEGAL
- Refugees mass on Europe
- MI5 DENY INVOLVEMENT IN TORTURE OF PHOTOJOURNALIST (photo of Janice Palmer. Monday 16.7.2018).
Your task is to explain what information is conveyed and what story of the world is being established. To do this you will need to complete two steps:
- Create a table in which you group together the above headlines around common themes (e.g. internal conflict/civil war; nuclear war; growing xenophobia; infertility; etc.)
- Write a half-page paragraph response that explains what has happened to this world, based upon the snippets of information contained in these headlines.
