These Things Take Time

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate apart. What began as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons. As Nate spirals deeper into despair, Deen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save a kid on the brink of losing everything—even himself.

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.

When a high school senior discovers her teacher is seducing her boyfriend, events turn deadly after the teacher tries to cover it up.

A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to "The Crucible".

Smart and lonely high school senior Ben secretly lusts after bad boy classmate Johnny. After play practice one night for the senior production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “light-boy” Ben gives Johnny, the play’s Stanley, a ride home to help him with his lines.

A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.

ครูผู้เปี่ยมด้วยความมุ่งมั่นและสร้างสรรค์ออกจากบ้านเกิดเล็กๆ ของเขาเพื่อไปสอนหนังสือในโรงเรียนที่ยากที่สุดแห่งหนึ่งของฮาร์เล็ม แต่เพื่อที่จะก้าวข้ามขีดจำกัดของนักเรียนกลุ่มนี้ รอน คลาร์กต้องใช้วิธีการที่ไม่ธรรมดา รวมถึงกฎห้องเรียนที่แหวกแนวของเขา เพื่อผลักดันนักเรียนให้บรรลุศักยภาพของตนเอง

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.