Children of Men: An Unlikely Christmas Film | Video Essay

Happy Holidays! In this Socratic Cinema Holiday Special video essay, James makes his case for why Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men might have been a Christmas movie in disguise this whole time. After all, if Die Hard can be a Christmas movie, then anything can. Written, Produced, and Edited by James DeLisio, Socratic Cinema. Thanks to MiniMotoMedia for access to the Christmas B-Roll. 0:00 Introduction 2:15 Establishing our Heroes: Mary and Joseph 5:43 King Herod 10:06 What About the Wise Men? 12:37 Bexhill and Bethlehem 17:00 The Perfect Christmas Story? If you enjoyed this video, be sure to subscribe! Check out our Podcast here! https://anchor.fm/socraticcinema Follow us on social media for more content! Instragram: @socratic_cinema Twitter: @CinemaSocratic Twitch: twitch.tv/socraticcinema FAIR USE: All footage used in this video essay from Children of Men, Home Alone, and It’s A Wonderful Life is protected under Fair Use. Footage used from these films in this video essay is used to provide commentary, criticism, and educational insight. Footage used has been substantially transformed via substantial editing, and juxtaposition with graphics and an originally written voice-over. Thus, the footage has been substantially transformed, and falls under fair use. “Silent Night,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and “Deck the Halls” provided by Youtube Audio Library. ► Music by: Dj Quads • SUBSCRIBE to the Official DJ QUads YouTube channel HERE:    / channel   • Follow Dj Quads on SoundCloud HERE:   / aka-dj-quads   • Follow Dj Quads on Twitter HERE:   / djquads   • Follow Dj Quads on Spotify HERE: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2VZrd... Follow Dj Quads on Instagram HERE:   / djquads   • Support Dj Quads on Patreon HERE:   / djquads   • Music released by: Chill Out Records https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ @ www.ChillOutMedia.com / www.LoFi-HipHop.com Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED Track Name: "golden hour" Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED Official SoundCloud ;  / lakeyinspired   Official YouTube Channel:    / @lakeyinspired   License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by: Chill Out Records @ https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ www.ChillOutMedia.com / ;www.LoFi-HipHop.com