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Approaching the Elephant (2015)
Directed by Amanda Wilder
Documentary · 1h 28m
APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is a feature-length documentary about The Teddy McArdle Free School, where classes are optional and rules are made by democratic vote. Summerhill, founded 90 years ago by A. S. Neill, was the first free school - now there are more than 200 worldwide. Approaching the Elephant chronicles a free school in the making - spanning two years, from Teddy McArdle's first day when there were no rules or classes, through the changing of the school's director and the expulsion of a student by democratic vote, to the last day of the second year, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is an intimate portrait of a small group of people from a range of educational backgrounds, come together to forge a place where children are treated as equals, at liberty to spend their days however they please.
Crew
- Director
- Amanda Wilder
- Producer
- Jay Craven, Robert Greene
Details
- Release date
- 2015-02-20
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America