DIRECTOR'S CUT: Grief, Connection, and Perspective-Taking in BROTHER BEAR with Director Aaron Blaise (Patreon)

How do you open yourself up to understanding another perspective?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Brother Bear with co-director, Aaron Blaise, and discussing themes of grief, connection, and figuring out who you want to be. They focus on Kenai’s journey of self-discovery and how he comes to embrace his love totem in an unexpected way. Jonathan explores Kenai’s grief and his literal perspective taking when Kenai becomes a bear. Aaron talks about the writing process with a room full of people with brothers and how surprisingly therapeutic it was.