For those of you that followed my blog, I wanted to share that this is the first post since 2019. If this is your first time here, please feel free to scroll down to the start of the Lucca’s World analysis. Since then, I have completed a degree in social work and am 1/2 way through the Master of Education program. In the beginning, I said I would take a 6 month break but it turned into 5 1/2 years. The truth is that I had grown afraid of the visibility that my podcast and blog were bringing to me as I feared I was headed in the wrong direction. You can continue reading here: [https://ginajohnson.ca/an-evolved-blog/].
This post is assignment #3 for EDUC 5401 – Diversity: Constructing Social Realities
Lucca’s World – Official Trailer
Chennilo, M. (Director). (2024). Lucca’s World. [Film] Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81436662
Summary of Book
Rating and Summary of Movie on Netflix
Lucca’s World is rated 13+ by Common Sense Media. [https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/luccas-world]
Lucca’s World begins with a couple’s journey into labour that progresses quickly, causing the mother (Bárbara Anderson) to lose consciousness. Their child loses oxygen to their brain and has to be put into a medical induced coma. He is diagnosed with “Pediatric Cerebral Palsy – severe” (Chenillo, 2024, 03:38) and the family is thrown into a world of complex caregiving and advocacy for treatment. Read more here: [https://ginajohnson.ca/summary-of-luccas-world-netflix-movie/]
The following key moments follow:
Key Moments
08:52 – The parents are struggling to navigate their work duties, interviews for work, and errands for their children. Lucca’s mom ( Bárbara) talks to her child in her mind “I don’t know if you ever wonder why we run all the time Lukie, why do we spend our afternoons going from one therapy to another, what am I looking for?… (Chenillo, 2024, 09:00-09:09). Read more here: [https://ginajohnson.ca/luccas-world-analysis-key-moments/].
Critical Review
The critical review shares opinions about the film ranging from: the science lacks validity, that the film is an inspiration, and my own views and social location in relation to choosing this film. Read more here: [https://ginajohnson.ca/luccas-world-analysis/].
Discussion – Connection to Education
At the end of the Netflix movie we were told that Lucca was able to go to school after having treatments and ended up in the same grade as his brother (Chenillo, 2024, 1:31:20). As Lucca was born first we know that he lost time in his education but how much is unclear. The other part that was not shown was if Lucca’s brother missed any school when he went to India with the family. Thurston asserts “The theme running through this Special Issue is that students with disabilities and/or additional support needs, at all ages in different educational systems, are being denied an equitable and equal right to an education” (p. 106). Read more here [https://ginajohnson.ca/discussion-connection-to-education/]
Connection to Poverty
This movie touched on the financial challenges that families with a child with a disability can face. They remorgaged their home to pay off some debt and cover the cost of the trip to India for Lucca’s treatment. Andrés says “It’s not just that we don’t have money, we owe money…”(Chenillo, 2024, 20:18). Read more here: [https://ginajohnson.ca/connection-to-poverty/].
References in APA Format
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Campaign 2000 and Disability Without Poverty. (2024). Disability without poverty. https://campaign2000.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Disability-Poverty-Report-Card-2024-English.pdf
Cerebral Palsy Association of British Columbia. (2006). A guide to cerebral palsy. https://www.bccerebralpalsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A-Guide-to-CP.pdf
Chapters. (n.d.). Los dos hemisferios de Lucca / Lucca’s World. https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/los-dos-hemisferios-de-lucca-%2F-luccas-world/9786073848619.html
Chenillo, M. (Direcotr). (2024). Lucca’s World. (Netflix). https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81436662
Frankfurt Rights. (n.d.) The two hemispheres of Lucca by Barbara Anderson. https://frankfurtrights.com/Books/Details/the-two-hemispheres-of-lucca-19086048
Goodreads. (2019, Oct. 11) Los dos hemisferios de Lucca. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52716001-los-dos-hemisferios-de-lucca
Hyslop, K. (2023, Jul. 12). Disabled kids are still being excluded from education in BC. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/12/Disabled-Kids-Excluded-From-Education/
MISUA. (n.d.). Disability in Mexico. https://miusa.globaldisabilityrightsnow.org/infographic/disability-mexico/
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Thurston, A. (2014). Disability, power and equality in the school. International Journal of
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