Is It Always Right to Be Right?

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Movie
Original title Is It Always Right to Be Right?
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1970
length 8 minutes
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Director Lee Mishkin
script Warren H. Schmidt
production Nick Bosustow
for Stephen Bosustow Productions
music Ken Heller
cut Dennis Weinreich

Is It Always Right to Be Right? is an American partially animated short film directed by Lee Mishkin in 1970.

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Once upon a time there was a country where people were always right. Neither wanted to admit a wrong or a wrong opinion in front of the other, as this would have been interpreted as a weakness. So two groups were formed: the old and the young. The ancients believed that they had built up “today” and achieved a lot that was worth preserving. They demanded that their heirs continue their work, and they were right. The boys, on the other hand, said that “today” is bad, that there is great poverty, that there is no justice, and that one even has to fight to keep peace. The youth were fed up with “today” and the youth were right too. The majority demanded of the minority, with their claims to equalityto wait and first of all to take advantage of what was already being offered to them today, while the minority were finally treated equally and no longer wanted to wait. Both sides were right, which is why a rift finally arose between old and young, majority and minority. Because both sides insisted on their rights, all movement eventually came to a halt.

In this silence one finally said “I could be wrong” and another “You could be right”. What initially caused derogatory laughter at the weakness of the speakers eventually led to reflection and understanding. The gap between the two generations was closed, and together they wrote down a “Declaration of Inter-Dependence”: All people are created equal, but develop differently. Everyone has the same rights, but also the same duties. The happiness of everyone can only be guaranteed if everyone supports the equality and diversity of everyone and exercises rights and duties. The important thing is to stop fighting each other long enough to be able to listen to the other. The film ends with the fade-in "Not the End".

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Is It Always Right to Be Right? is based on the parable of the same name by Warren H. Schmidt. The then professor at UCLA wrote the story on Vietnam Moratorium Day in 1969 and summarized the generation conflict of the 1960s in the USA, including the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War . The parable appeared on the front of the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times on November 9, 1969 .

Is It Always Right to Be Right? was released as a film the following year. The short film mixes animation and real film scenes. The narrator of the film is actor Orson Welles .

Awards

Is It Always Right to Be Right? In 1971 won the Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See huffingtonpost.com .