This Weekend’s Film Festival – The Power of Education 200

4 11 2009

This Weekend’s Film Festival is a follow-up to the July 30, 2008 edition — The Power of Education. In this second course, we get another look at the power of language. There’s a story of a white teacher trying to teach inner city kids. Then there’s one where one of those kids plays a black teacher trying to teach inner city kids. Then a French teacher tries to teach inner city kids from various ethnic backgrounds. And finally a drug-addicted white teacher tries to inspire inner city kids. While there are similar plot lines to many of this week’s films, the films couldn’t be more different. Prepared to be inspired.
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