"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.
Watch the official Paper Tigers 2015 trailer in HD below or find more Paper Tigers videos on Vidimovie.
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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13 May 2015
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04 February 2015
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20 May 2015
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06 October 2015
Hunting a sadistic serial killer can unhinge even a true detective.
07 March 2015
Itso, about 35, drives a special ambulance called a 'corpse-van'. His job is to pick up the bodies of the recently deceased and transport them to the morgue.
19 September 2015
Inspired by actual events. When Melissa Cooper's body is found hanging from a swing set, the 27-year-old's death is initially ruled a suicide.
13 September 2015
The POstables are on a mission to deliver a soldier's letter from Afghanistan to a teenager who's being relentlessly bullied, while Oliver's estranged father surprises him with news that shakes him to his core.
08 October 2015
After the death of a group of teenagers using the Ouija, the psychologist Fernanda and her son return to Peru, but they will find themselves surrounded by an evil entity as big as its wicked sect.
15 July 2015
A man falls for the dark charms of a beautiful woman he met in a bar. It's too late when he realizes she's hiding something sinister.
26 April 2015
45-year-old Rieke Bauer wants to work for the travel company run by her family. Because she can drive and has no problems with longer routes, she is hired as a bus driver.
11 February 2015
When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take.
20 March 2015
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