Summary
A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 82Audiences 78GoodWatch 70
Tomatometer92%
Metascore72
Audience score81%
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9699Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2008
January 1, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 2
- Jennifer Grausman Director
- Mark Becker Director, Editor
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