1. Naše lesy ožívajú (Naše lesy ožívajú)
(Naše lesy ožívajú)
2. Young Mob Questioning Treaty
Young Aboriginal people who are traditional custodians in Victoria explore the Treaty process with questions, concerns and their opinions. Sharing their insights into what has been happening and what needs to happen.
3. Wie funktioniert Evolution? (Wie funktioniert Evolution?)
(Wie funktioniert Evolution?)
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
4. L'école de demain (L'école de demain)
(L'école de demain)
5. Marked by Darkness (Poznačení tmou)
Short, evocative documentary on the education of blind and partially sighted children.
6. L'initiation (L'initiation)
(L'initiation)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Learn to Presidents of the United States
In Learn to Presidents of the United States, you'll learn all sorts of interesting facts about the U.S. Presidents.
8. Class of Her Own
A teacher in a disadvantaged community rebels against a system that neglects many of its vulnerable students. Gloria Merriex transforms into a trailblazer, using rap, dance and other innovations to enable children to thrive in school—and beyond.
9. Maestras Voluntarias (Maestras Voluntarias)
Ana Deborah Mola and Belkis Lescaille were among the first young teachers who started pilot programs around the island of Cuba in 1960, laying foundation for the massive National Literacy Campaign that would take place the following year.
10. On the Way to School (Sur le chemin de l'école)
These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
11. Maestra
Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women. MAESTRA explores this story through the personal testimonies of the young women who went out to teach literacy in rural communities across the island - and found themselves deeply transformed in the process.
12. Justice (Justice)
(Justice)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
13. Under the Same Sky (Under the Same Sky)
The Chinese government is sponsoring a national campaign on "equal" education. UNDER THE SAME SKY documents school children in the city as well as the country to compare the two educational experiences. UNDER THE SAME SKY had been nominated for best short documentary at the 2017 Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, Long beach indie Film Festival and Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival. It's also been shown and won awards at 15 other film festivals around the world, including the Cannes Short Film Corner and The Impact Docs Awards.
14. Endangered
Are eligible Indigenous bachelors an endangered demographic in the 21st century? That’s the question cheekily posed by Tracey Rigney’s debut documentary short, which invites First Nations individuals to confide what they desire, what holds them back, and their hopes and worries about whether they’ll ever find The One. Endangered first screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2005.
15. L'École de la vie - Une génération pour tout changer (L'École de la vie - Une génération pour tout changer)
(L'École de la vie - Une génération pour tout changer)
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
16. One Child Left Behind: The Untold Atlanta Cheating Scandal
In 2009, 1,176 Atlanta teachers were investigated for test cheating; 35 were indicted, 12 went to trial and 11 were found guilty on RICO charges, which are typically reserved for the mafia and drug lords. The guilty, serving 30-year sentences, finally break their silence in this tell-all, controversial film that takes a closer look at the legislations called No Child Left Behind, the politics behind it, and a race and power struggle that spawned one of the most complex scandals in American history.
17. If You Build It
A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. A City Decides
A City Decides chronicles the events that led to the integration of the St. Louis public schools in 1954. An Oscar-nominated short documentary from 1956.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
19. Nielimishe
Documentary about primary education in impoverished areas of Nairobi.
20. O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito (O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito)
(O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito)
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
