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**Title:** Empathy-Generating Machines: 5 Uplifting '80s Movies
**Summary:**
* The creator reflects on how media can have both positive and negative impacts on people's attitudes and opinions.
* They highlight 5 lesser-known movies from their formative years (the 1980s) that foster empathy and solidarity:
1. **The Journey of Natty Gann** (poverty, kindness, and female lead)
2. **Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind** (empathy for enemies and environmentalism)
3. **Amazing Grace and Chuck** (effective activism and social change)
4. **Harry and the Hendersons** (non-violent masculinity and empathy towards others)
5. **Batteries Not Included** (solidarity and mutual aid across differences)
* The creator acknowledges the flaws in these movies (e.g., racial stereotypes, focus on white experiences) but emphasizes their positive impact on their values.
* The video essay concludes by encouraging more media that embraces empathy and solidarity, and invites support for future video essays.
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**General Facts**
1. The speaker discusses how media can have both positive and negative impacts on people's attitudes and opinions.
2. The current nostalgia craze in Hollywood is driven by remakes, reboots, sequels, and homages to popular 80s franchises.
3. "Ready Player One" is cited as the apex of this nostalgia wave.
**Movie-Specific Facts**
4. "The Journey of Natty Gann" (1980s) is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
5. The movie follows a young woman and her canine companion as they travel from Chicago to Washington State.
6. "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1980s) is set 1,000 years after a great apocalyptic war.
7. The story centers on Nausicaä's struggle to restore equilibrium to the environment and end conflicts between humans and giant insects.
8. "Amazing Grace and Chuck" (1980s) is about a boy who refuses to play Little League baseball due to the existence of nuclear weapons.
9. The boy's protest inspires a professional basketball star to join his strike for nuclear disarmament.
10. "Harry and the Hendersons" (1980s) is about a family who accidentally hits Bigfoot with their station wagon.
11. The family's relationship with Bigfoot (named Harry) changes their lives forever.
12. "Batteries Not Included" (1980s) centers on tenants resisting eviction in an old New York City apartment building.
13. The residents form an alliance with mechanical aliens to help each other.
**Definitions and Concepts**
14. Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings or emotions of others.
15. Solidarity is defined as people from diverse backgrounds finding a common cause and working together for social change.
16. Roger Ebert is quoted as saying that movies are "empathy-generating machines".
**Speaker's Background and Project**
17. The speaker grew up in the 1980s and is reflecting on movies from their formative years.
18. The speaker has created video essays on other movies, including "WALL-E" and "Fantastic Beasts", available on their channel.
19. The speaker is seeking funding for their video essay project on Patreon and via PayPal.