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3) Elephant
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A realistic drama that takes the viewer inside an American high school on one single, ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. It observes the comings and goings of its characters from a safe distance. The experiences of each student range from friendly and innocent to traumatic and deeply disturbing.
6) Bulletproof
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The documentary explores the complexities of violence in schools by looking at the strategies employed to prevent it. The film observes the longstanding rituals that take place in and around American schools: homecoming parades, basketball practice, morning announcements, and math class. Unfolding alongside these scenes are a collection of newer traditions: lockdown drills, teacher firearms training, metal detector screenings, and school safety trade...
7) Hello Herman
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In a small town in America, a controversial journalist is forced to face his haunted past when he confronts a teenager driven to the brutal murder of 39 classmates. In attempting to determine why and how a massacre like this can happen in our society, the film explores issues of desensitization in America, youth violence and bullying, the impact the media has on our individual quest for fame, and ultimately our need for connection.
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"Rick Latimer is a teacher who gets a job as the principal of a school with a very bad reputation. In fact, his transfer there is a kind of punishment because he beat his wife's boyfriend. So, Rick finds himself in a school where drugs, knives, and guns are very usual things" --Internet Movie Database.
9) 187
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Dedicated science instructor Trevor Garfield is a man with a passion for learning. Garfield is skilled, smart, committed: the total package as a teacher. But he's also human. And what he confronts in a school turned increasingly into a battlefield may be more than he can bear. Maybe he'll quit teaching. Or caring. Or maybe he'll take justice into his own hands.
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On May 9, 1986, in the small, ranching community of Cokeville, Wyoming, David and Doris Young took an elementary school hostage for several hours before detonating a bomb inside a classroom that held every teacher and student in the school. In the wake of the madness, Ron Hartley, whose children were inside the classroom, must fight his skepticism and unbelief as he hears eyewitness accounts from the students about miraculous, heavenly intervention...
13) We are Columbine
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English
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Highlights the stories of four students who were freshmen at the time of the shooting. Director Laura Farber was also a freshman at Columbine at the same time. She captures their perspectives during a walk-through of the school.
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The shootings at Columbine High School on April 20th 1999 ended thirteen lives and shattered countless others. But while the tragic events of that day were well documented, the stories of the families who lost loved ones and struggled to build new lives have yet to be told. 13 Families weaves an intimate tapestry of hope, providing the families a forum to tell their personal stories.
15) Home room
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English
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When a high school is torn apart by mindless violence, two opposing teenage girls find themselves trapped together, trying to reconstruct their fractured lives.
16) And then I go
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In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their families and demoralized at school daily, their fury simmers quietly until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
17) Michael & me
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Author, talk radio and TV host Larry Elder challenges Michael Moore's 2002 hit documentary "Bowling for Columbine, " and opposes Moore's message that America has too many guns in his own attempt to unravel the problems of gun violence in America's schools.
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No longer a simple matter of schoolyard scuffles and "boys will be boys," bullying is now recognized as a major threat to the education of America's young people. Research shows that bullying involves both genders, affects youth of every background, and has become more widespread with the help of digital technology. This series helps identify bullying, confront its instigators, and assist victims -- all with the ultimate goal of prevention.
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Brian Banks: The inspirational true story, an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams...
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