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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 24 min. 2 sec.) ; 506785249 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*Sunday nights on ABC2 is the home of Sunday Best, an outstanding collection of game-changing and thought-provoking feature length documentaries. We've done the work to bring you the best must-see intelligent docos that are just too good to miss. Put on your Sunday Best.Lives and language on the edge: three teens from the Bronx tell their stories of friendship, love and struggle, showing how a radical poetry class can ignite change. Three Bronx teens search for their voices and an answer to the question: Can language change lives? Karina, Pearl, and Anthony are precariously balanced on the edge.Inspired by three teachers in a radical poetry workshop, can they write their own life stories, imagining a future where fathers aren't in jail, mothers aren't abusive and college is a place where you wake every morning instead of just dreaming about it every night?A dedicated filmmaking team follows their lives, celebrating the value of poetry, devoted teachers, and the power that comes from writing your own life story.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Produced and Directed by: Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer and Amy Sultan. Produced by: Jill and Jim Angelo / Dialogue Pictures |
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Broadcast 2012-04-15 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Poets, American.
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School verse, American.
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New York (State) -- New York.
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Streaming video
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Legiardi-Laura, Roland, director
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Martinez, Edwin, director
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Shaffer, Deborah, director
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Sultan, Amy, director
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