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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
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...
3) 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.
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...
5) 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...
6) Defining US
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This Documentary takes us inside the nations largest schools and to the front lines of a divisive war over race, education and national identity.
9) 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...
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After failing to find their place in the educational status quo, a rogue adventurer, an aspiring artist, and a student struggling for self-acceptance abandon conventional high schools to join unique classrooms and receive an education reimagined. With insights from experts and world leaders, A CURE FOR THE COMMON CLASSROOM explores what is possible when schools evolve from antiquated process to modern purpose.
12) Beyond the Dream
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Two aspiring teachers create a college readiness program to help students in El Paso, TX achieve their college dreams.
13) Killing Ed
Publisher
Allied Vaughn
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Expose into charter schools operated by the mysterious cult-like group known as the “Gülen Movement” and the corruption behind education reform in the USA. This group operates over 170 charter schools in the USA - receiving some {dollar}500 million yearly from taxpayers - but is considered a terrorist organization in its home country. KILLING ED is a captivating film of a story previously untold.
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...
15) 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...
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...
17) English Hustle
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 2020, there were over 100,000 Americans and at least 20,000 Filipinos teaching English to millions of Chinese students online. With billions of dollars in investment, the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) industry was the largest financial sector in the ed tech space. Then, in 2021, with US-China tensions rising, the industry collapsed overnight with the announcement of a new policy -- the Double Reduction Policy -- restricting for-profit education...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
National Teachers Academy (NTA) is a top-ranked, high-achieving elementary school just south of downtown Chicago, with a thriving population of mostly low-income and Black students. But, as the neighborhood grows and gentrifies, a parents’ group eager for a high school in the community seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus. As the Chicago Public Schools administrators, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the city's politicians debate the...
20) Scrum
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The first Black US college rugby coach builds a new team at a predominantly white university and finds that success isn’t measured in championships.
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