The movie depicts the 1902 court-martial of an Australian warrior, Lieutenant Harry “Breaker” Morant and his Bushvelt Carbineer cohort, Lieutenant Peter Hancock, who served in South Africa during the Boer War. Haviland: The film’s timeless lessons speak to developing contemporary officers’ potential to lead on the modern, complex, and ambiguous battlefield. Army BREAKER MORANT (1980), DIRECTOR: BRUCE BERESFORD With tremendous courage, T’Challa drags his prosperous nation out from behind its walls and leads it onto the world stage.Ģ. Someone will either come to seize it, or the rest of the world will disintegrate, while Wakanda sits and watches. In T’Challa’s view, Wakanda’s incredible progress and modernity cannot remain hidden from the world. (Dead ancestors even heckle him in dreams!) A leader must take a long-term perspective, often at the expense of short-term comfort or benefit. He decides this despite near-unanimous opposition. Second, T’Challa rebukes the founding, insular principles of his realm, Wakanda, and opens it to the outside world. He knows that both he and Killmonger cannot coexist in it. Though T’Challa understands and respects his cousin’s anger, the King’s intelligent maturity is an essential leadership trait, which he demonstrates in spades by doing what he must for his Kingdom’s security. Despite mitigating circumstances, such as Killmonger’s being disadvantaged, rightfully angry, and in pursuit of what he thinks is his, these do not prevent T’Challa from eliminating his threat.
This film depicts two momentous decisions made by a newly crowned king, T’Challa (played by Chadwick Boseman): First, T’Challa unsentimentally removes the biggest threat to his country, his own cousin, Eric Killmonger (menacingly played by Michael B.
When building a coalition, make sure the tribe with the rhinos is on your side… Always understand how lucky you are to live in a resource-rich, technologically advanced society. In a fight, brawn doesn’t beat flexibility, speed, and heart. Let women lead and watch your society thrive. Army BLACK PANTHER (2018), DIRECTOR: RYAN COOGLER Whether faithful to a real story or purely fiction, these movies nonetheless were seen as recommended viewing for junior leaders.ġ. Yet all present leaders facing difficult choices under extraordinary conditions. Some readers recommended several familiar and well-known war movies, while others suggested movies with no connection whatsoever to the military. How do you keep sending your people into the cauldron of combat, repeatedly? … These are tough topics that need to be thought about before you go down range for your first war.įor this Whiteboard, the question we asked was the following: Which movie would you recommend to new lieutenants (or maybe cadets, or high-schoolers?) to learn about leadership?
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