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DeWitt Clinton – How a School Can Change Us All « JD2718

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DeWitt Clinton – How a School Can Change Us All

Danny Schecter is a filmmaker, and a DeWitt Clinton graduate. And he’s making a documentary film about Clinton. The DoE was going to close Clinton, but afraid of a fight with a loyal alumni, they chose to try to move in two small schools instead. Those of us in the Bronx know, those schools are the first steps towards closing DWC. So we will fight. And Danny’s work is part of that. Below are a two-minute promo and a five-minute trailer.
Both excellent, by the way. Professional. Political. He knows this is an assault on public education, and on democracy. And he tells us, without