Great list. 'Born Into Brothels' set in India is also quite a good documentary - although it is not technically about formal schooling, it is about teaching kids in informal settlements photography skills to document their lives.
Thanks Kat - look forward to seeing that, but will not add to the list as I am trying to keep closely to films about education or in education settings.
For those interested in this topic Agnieszka Mikulska has pointed me to an interesting academic paper by Emma Riley (linkedin.com/in/emma-riley-bb958728) looking at the impact of role models in the movies with specific reference to "The Queen of Katwe" (adding that to the list). The paper suggests one showing of this film within one month of exams had a positive impact on performance, especially of the lowest ability pupils, and especially girls. Intriguing. This is the link : https://emmaalriley.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/role_models_in_movies_riley.pdf
Farheen Hussein recommended "Where is the Friends House" and Rachel Parker "The Holdovers". Will add these to the list. IF there are other suggestions please make them here.
Great list. 'Born Into Brothels' set in India is also quite a good documentary - although it is not technically about formal schooling, it is about teaching kids in informal settlements photography skills to document their lives.
Thanks Kat - look forward to seeing that, but will not add to the list as I am trying to keep closely to films about education or in education settings.
And, still on the subject of film, Alice Evans has a fascinating Substack post on "What do Bollywood and Hollywood regard as Shameful ?" in movies. It's based on a new paper which has analysed thousands of movies. Well worth reading the blog even if the paper is a stretch too far. Here's her link : https://www.ggd.world/p/what-do-hollywood-and-bollywood-regard?r=2n2xtw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
For those interested in this topic Agnieszka Mikulska has pointed me to an interesting academic paper by Emma Riley (linkedin.com/in/emma-riley-bb958728) looking at the impact of role models in the movies with specific reference to "The Queen of Katwe" (adding that to the list). The paper suggests one showing of this film within one month of exams had a positive impact on performance, especially of the lowest ability pupils, and especially girls. Intriguing. This is the link : https://emmaalriley.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/role_models_in_movies_riley.pdf
Farheen Hussein recommended "Where is the Friends House" and Rachel Parker "The Holdovers". Will add these to the list. IF there are other suggestions please make them here.