The First Class

Sep 23, 2023

1h 39m

★ 0.0

THE STORY OF CROSSTOWN HIGH

Overview

An intimate verité film that follows students and educators at a groundbreaking new high school in Memphis. Their inspiring journey shows what learning can look like—and accomplish—when a city comes together to rethink what high school can be.

Genres

Documentary

The First Class Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

No Cast found.

Emma and Anaïs are best friends and yet everything in their life seems to set them apart, their social backgrounds but also their personalities. From the age of thirteen to eighteen, Adolescentes follows the two teenagers during these years where radical transformations and first times punctuate daily life. Through their personal stories, the film offers a rare portrait of France and its recent history.

10.0

An Intervention

Jan 1, 2021

Chelsea Bledsoe and her husband Graig throw a surprise intervention for her old high school boyfriend, Henry, with a mismatched group of acquaintances from back in the day to fill out the guest list.

No Image Available

0.0

The Age of Transitions

Jan 1, 2009

The cutting edge group known as transhumanists see a beautiful future brought about by artificial intelligence, life extension, and cybernetics. What one must realize before getting carried away with such utopian dreams is that transhumanism was born out of the elitist pseudo-science eugenics. This documentary provides vital information on the history of eugenics and its new cutting edge transformation.

7.2

More than a Game

Sep 6, 2008

This documentary follows NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame.

7.8

Pressure Cooker

Jan 1, 2008

A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.

6.1

Freakonomics

Oct 1, 2010

Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

6.0

The Act of Reading

Feb 16, 2021

A retired high school English teacher is confronted by a former student who failed her class 15 years prior. He then involves her in a feature-length presentation on Moby-Dick and the science of reading.

0.0

Junkyard Dogs

Jan 1, 2015

A moving, inspirational story that gives viewers a rare glimpse into the world of high school wrestling at one of Los Angeles' most elite and highly touted prep schools. Filled with drama, laughter, and heart, "Junkyard Dogs" is an underdog story that captures the essence of what it takes to be a champion and sheds light on the power and importance of one of the world's oldest sports.

7.2

Resolved

Jan 1, 2007

The fascinating complexity of high school debate gives way to a portrait of the equally complex racial and class bias of American education in Greg Whiteley's riveting documentary.

0.0

Going Varsity in Mariachi

Jan 22, 2023

A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.

1.0

Home + Away

Apr 21, 2018

This coming-of-age story follows three students of El Paso's Bowie High and their search for the American dream, a dream inspired by family, fueled by sports, and complicated by the US/Mexican border.

6.0

My So-Called High School Rank

Sep 30, 2022

A deep dive into the lives of high school students in three radically disparate communities as they navigate the pressures around college while staging a musical, until seismic events upend their dreams and expectations.

0.0

Now Tell Me What You See

Sep 3, 2021

The newly inducted student leaders of Knox Grammar School set their sights on improving the school’s waning culture and spirit. They aim to establish a supporters’ group known as the ‘Tartan Army’, but 2020 brings its own set of adversities.

7.2

Science Fair

Sep 14, 2018

Filmmakers follow nine high school students from around the globe as they compete at an international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 of the smartest teens from 78 countries, only one will be named Best in Fair.

3.8

Confessions of a Time Traveler: The Man from 3036

Jul 2, 2020

A main claiming to be from the future explains what we can expect from the next decades, in a frightening glimpse of what's to come.

6.3

High School II

Jun 6, 1994

HIGH SCHOOL II is a film about Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a successful alternative high school in New York's Spanish Harlem, 85-95% of whose graduates go on to four year colleges. The film illustrates the school's emphasis on the “Habits of Mind” program (weighing evidence; awareness of multiple points of view; seeing connections and relationships; speculating on possibilities; and assessing values.) Sequences illustrating the school's approach to learning include: classroom activities in the humanities and sciences; family conferences; discussions of race, class, and gender; faculty meetings; disciplinary problems; sex education; conflict resolution by students; and student council meetings.

6.2

The Singularity Is Near

Aug 26, 2010

The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.

The First Class

Overview

Genres

The First Class Trailers

Cast

You may also like

THE HUMAN FUTURE: A Case for Optimism

Step

American Teen