Whose Standard English?
This film explores innovative ways in which "standard English" can be taught to dialect speaking children. Filmed on location in Louisiana at a U.S. Department of Education teacher-training project.
This film explores innovative ways in which "standard English" can be taught to dialect speaking children. Filmed on location in Louisiana at a U.S. Department of Education teacher-training project.
This film explores innovative ways in which "standard English" can be taught to dialect speaking children. Filmed on location in Louisiana at a U.S. Department of Education teacher-training project.
A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change as they age.
A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.
Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.
A look behind the lens of Christopher Nolan's space epic.
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
ครูใหญ่ประจำโรงเรียนดัดสันดานที่มอบโอกาสสุดท้ายให้เยาวชน พยายามคุมนักเรียนให้อยู่ในระเบียบตลอดวันอันแสนหนักหน่วง พร้อมต่อสู้กับแรงกดดันภายในตัวเอง
“รููบี รอสซี” เด็กสาวมัธยมธรรมดาๆ ที่โตมาในครอบครัวที่พ่อแม่และพี่ชายหูหนวก ทุกวันของเธอเริ่มตอนตี 3 เธอต้องรีบตื่นแล้วไปทำหน้าที่เป็นกะลาสีบนดาดฟ้าเรือหาปลาของครอบครัว ร่วมกับพี่ชาย “ลีโอ” ผู้ที่หูหนวกเช่นเดียวกับพ่อแม่ รูบียังทำหน้าที่เป็นล่ามประจำครอบครัว และยังคอยปกป้อง “แฟรงก์” ผู้เป็นพ่อ และ “แจ็กกี” ผู้เป็นแม่ ความสุขหนึ่งเดียวที่ช่วยปลดปล่อยเธอจากทุกอย่าง นั่นคือการได้ร้องเพลงบนดาดฟ้าเรือแบบสุดเสียง
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.