Education Movies

A short documentary around a kindergarten teacher at Kuncup Harapan, Yogyakarta.

In a drab, anonymous gray school governed by a strict authoritarian regime, an apparently unremarkable day is turned on its head following a...

Being and Becoming explore the choice not to school ones children, to trust them and to let them learn freely what they are passionate about. Through...

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.

Documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert unearths the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education — where it was...

This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree...

A teacher in a disadvantaged community rebels against a system that neglects many of its vulnerable students. Gloria Merriex transforms into a...

Education specialist Sofie is starting a class to offer gifted children education at their own level. But will Sofie be able to overcome the...

Documentary warning about the decline of American public schools as they become more and more privatized.

Split Cherry Tree is a 1982 short film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. A father learns the importance of education and gains an understanding of his...

Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for the girls, and about her father's...

In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UFOs have risen to become one of the most-talked...

Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health...

It's dark times for Ethan Collins, a severely depressed, foul-mouthed elementary school teacher whose wife's recent infidelity and departure have...

First Case, Second Case is a documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking...

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

Bomba the jungle boy swings into action when an elephant herd is threatened by ivory hunters.

Documentary film exploring the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems. Topics covered...