One of a series of films made about life in Dumfries Academy 1955-1978. This film was shot in the academic year 1977-1978 and as well as the scenes of daily school life, it includes footage of the flooding of the river Nith on 31st October 1977.
One of a series of films made about life in Dumfries Academy 1955-1978. This film was shot in the academic year 1977-1978 and as well as the scenes of daily school life, it includes footage of the flooding of the river Nith on 31st October 1977.
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.
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When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
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