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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Three more upcoming films � Failing Schools

Three more upcoming films � Failing Schools

Three more upcoming films

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
by Sabrina

Race to Nowhere examines the downside of America’s achievement culture, and its ill-effects on children’s health and well-being. (I’m working with a few other folks to host a screening here in Denver; we’ll keep you posted about the where and when!)

Director Vicki Abeles turns the personal political, igniting a national conversation in her new documentary about the pressures faced by American schoolchildren and their teachers in a system and culture obsessed with the illusion of achievement, competition and the pressure to perform. Featuring the heartbreaking stories of