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1) School Life
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A year in the lives of two inspirational teachers in the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Headfort School is a revered institution that sees students attend from all over the world. Married teaching duo John and Amanda Leyden have sat at the front of Headfort's classrooms for 46 years. For John, rock music is just another subject alongside Math, English, Scripture, and Latin. For Amanda, the key to connecting with children is through books,...
Publisher
Teachers Documentary Project
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This playlist includes the feature documentary and 10min short (filmed at the Center School with Elaine Schwartz, principal) One year in a startlingly upbeat public middle school in New York City where 5th-8th graders are mixed in almost all classes, and somehow it actually works. Featuring unprecedented observational footage and unfiltered commentary from students about the joy and complexity of being 10-14 years old. “A novel and extraordinary...
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
MY NAME IS PEDRO is an essential and timely reminder of the importance of great educators that exist within the infrastructure of our country's public education system. This award-winning film, from first time director Lillian LaSalle, explores the seemingly impossible journey of South Bronx Latino educator and maverick, Pedro Santana, a former "special ed" student, whose mantra is - every kid can learn despite their circumstances. . A New York Times...
4) Accepted
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
T.M. Landry, an unconventional prep school in Louisiana, receives national attention for sending its graduates to elite universities. When an explosive New York Times exposé rocks the school, students face uncertain futures and must decide for themselves what they are willing to do to be accepted.
5) Exclusion U
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the real scandal in higher education: How Ivy League Universities hoard billions while refusing to expand enrollments. These tax-exempt institutions are failing their mission to act in the public good. Interviews with low income students who fight for a place on campus, deans of admissions and shocking financial information force the question: why do we continue to invest so much in institutions that invest so little back in us?
Publisher
LikeRightNow Films LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the shameful and ongoing track record of...
8) Hazing
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt, HAZING offers a deeply personal look inside the culture, tradition, and secrecy surrounding hazing rituals in fraternities and sororities, sports teams, marching bands, the military and beyond. In the film, Hurt, who belongs to a fraternity himself, talks to members of Black and historically white Greek-letter organizations and other groups that practice hazing, and gives voice to survivors of severe initiation...
10) A Space in Time
Publisher
Reservoir Docs
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
How do two young boys living with a progressive genetic disease learn to live? How do their parents face the truth and teach them? A SPACE IN TIME explores these questions, and more.
12) The 5th Man
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For 50 years, Paul Limmer was a world-class track coach at Long Island's Mepham High School. He holds NY State's record for wins with 737 and was inducted into the 2016 New Balance Coaches Hall of Fame. Limmer's true legacy, however, has nothing to do with awards. Thousands of former athletes, many of whom never broke a single record or won a solitary trophy, credit him for changing their lives. The 5th Man is the story of all the other kids - the...
13) When We Fight
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the second largest school district in the United States, 98% of teachers vote to authorize a strike. From strike vote to contract vote, WHEN WE FIGHT goes behind the picket lines, documenting how and why teachers strike. The film shadows Los Angeles teachers for five months as they organize and strike, providing a unique first-hand account of collective democracy and labor action, and shedding light on the teacher strike upswell across the world....
14) Music Central
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Filmed for over a year on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, this documentary follows the stories of the staff and students at a progressive Public School, young singer-songwriter Ruby Archer and the Artistic Director of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music, Patrick Brennan. The film is introduced by Uncle Kevin Gavi Duncan from the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council who shares his wisdom about the importance of music to First...
Publisher
Psychotherapy.net
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What’s a day in the life of a school social worker like? This video takes us intimately into the lives of two school social workers, one working in a suburban area and the other in a city. The video’s documentary style allows you to witness minute-by-minute interactions with students, teachers, and other staff, and to see how school social workers are involved in every level of systems: micro, mezzo and macro. Through touching interviews with...
Publisher
New Deal Films, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An hour-long documentary by Mary Lance and Ben Daitz, focusing on the libraries in the rural New Mexico communities of Abiquiu, Datil, Dixon, El Rito, Glenwood, Jemez Pueblo, and Magdalena. Rural libraries mean books, but so much more. They offer free internet access in areas that have no service. They provide GED, STEM, coding, tutoring, and after school programs. Rural libraries host community events and meetings, help folks with computer access...
Publisher
Nomadic Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by New York Times bestseller "The Other Wes Moore", Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning producer/director Tod Lending presents ALL THE DIFFERENCE, an acclaimed film about African-American manhood. Filmed over five and a half years, ALL THE DIFFERENCE weaves together the stories of two tough, yet promising young black men as they navigate broken homes and low-income, high-risk communities in Chicago. Although statistics predict they will...
20) The Learning
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
One hundred years ago, American teachers established the English-speaking public school system of the Philippines. Now, in a striking turnabout, American schools are recruiting Filipino teachers. THE LEARNING, from award-winning filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz, is the story of four Filipina women who reluctantly leave their families and schools to teach in Baltimore. With their increased salaries, they hope to transform their families' lives back in their...
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