Education Movies

The correlation between social class and school performance is a major issue across the world. This miniseries is an attempt to go beyond ideological...

The story is set in 1962, the time of Sino-India war. It revolves around a widowed teacher named Ritu who is transferred to Koronga, a small Assamese...

A man can't stop smoking cigarettes.

Wired for What? visits four very different elementary schools grappling with computerization to find out if technology is helping to change our...

In the near future, all teachers give lectures in front of an empty classroom and a simple webcam, broadcasting their lesson over the internet. An...

In a large building in a Parisian district, Elsa lives alone. Her young neighbor Alice hears her playing the piano at home and enjoys it. Elsa...

Elvis Sabin’s assured debut follows Albert and André, two Central African Aka Pygmies, as they attempt to establish a new education...

Desperate for clients, Isabelle, the owner of a small bookstore, accepts the offer to teach Caetano, an elderly illiterate man, how to read. The...

Documentary about primary education in impoverished areas of Nairobi.

A grandmother living in a small Kenyan village completes her final year of primary school at the old age of 94.

Debunking commonly held notions about the rite of passage known as the college experience, this PBS documentary follows 30 students and their...

For six years the film follows 3 young Chinese from different social levels, different regions and different mindsets into their adult lives.

The work of Jean Piaget has become the foundation of current developmental psychology and the basis for changes in educational practice. David...

A zebu disappears while children are drawing it. They find it again in the woods. The notes of a harp accompany their multi-coloured joy. This short...