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1000 · 550 mins · English
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Directed by
Steve James
Starring
Diane Barrios-Smith, Caroline Robling-Griest, Charles Donalson, Jada Buford, Brendan Barrette, Grant Lee

The film follows a year‑long immersion in one of Chicago’s most progressive, diverse public schools in suburban Oak Park, offering both intimate classroom moments and a sweeping view of the community. It examines America’s charged landscape of race, culture and education with unprecedented depth and scope.

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