"One high school's unlikely success story." 28 May 2015 Factual 102 mins
Follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
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Steven as Himself
Dianna as Herself
Aron as Himself
Eternity as Herself
Gustavo as Himself
Jim Sporleder as Principal
Brooke Bouchey as Intervention Specialist
Erik Gordon as Science Teacher
James Redford Director
James Redford Producer
James Redford Story
Todd Boekelheide Original Music Composer
Karen Pritzker Producer
Karen Pritzker Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully Executive Producer
Brook Holston Supervising Producer
United States 28 May 2015
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25 December 2015
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01 December 2015
What would it look like if Jesus was born in the 21st century? Savior is a contemprary interpretation of the Christmas story set in modern England.
26 April 2015
A people's struggle to save the animal at the heart of their culture. For centuries the Bunong indigenous people on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border lived with elephants, believing they shared the same destiny.
14 July 2015
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.
13 February 2015
Humpback Whales takes audiences to Alaska, Hawaii and the Kingdom of Tonga for a close-up look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young.
06 October 2015
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19 September 2015
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09 March 2015
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17 June 2015
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