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The bad kids / a Low Key Pictures production ; in association with The Filmmaker Fund ; directed by Keith Fulton & Lou Pepe ; produced by Keith Fulton

Published:
[Los Angeles, California] : Low Key Pictures, [2016]
[San Francisco, California] : Kanopy Streaming, [2017]
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (102 min.)) : sound, color
Additional Creators:
Fulton, Keith, Pepe, Louis, Bricca, Jacob, Lampson, Mary, Jacaszek, 1972-, Filmmaker Fund, Low Key Pictures, and Kanopy (Firm)
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Summary:
Located in an impoverished Mojave Desert community, Black Rock Continuation High School is one of California's alternative schools for students at risk of dropping out. Every student here has fallen so far behind in credits that they have no hope of earning a diploma at a traditional high school. Black Rock is their last chance. The Bad Kids is an observational documentary that chronicles one extraordinary principal's mission to realize the potential of these students whom the system has deemed lost causes. The film follows Principal Vonda Viland as she coaches three at-risk teens - a new father who can't support his family, a young woman grappling with sexual abuse, and an angry young man from an unstable home - through the traumas and obstacles that rob them of their spirit and threaten their goal of a high school diploma. As Principal Viland's educational approach unfolds throughout the film, viewers are offered a practical model for how public education can address and combat the crippling effects of poverty in the lives of American schoolchildren.
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digital
Digital File Characteristics:
video file
Form of work:
Documentary films
Note:
Title from web site.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Lou Pepe ; edited by Jacob Bricca, Mary Lampson ; original score by Jacaszek.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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