Approaching the Elephant. 2014. Directed by Amanda Rose Wilder

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Approaching the Elephant. 2014. USA. Directed by Amanda Rose Wilder. 89 min.

Little Falls, NJ, 2007: the new Teddy McArdle Free School is a passion project for founder Alex Khost, who believes in a form of education that requires kids to shape their own moral compass, enabling them to discover for themselves the value of a more traditional curriculum—and adherence to the social contract. Yet Khost's good intentions are derailed by Jiovanni, a problem child who threatens to disrupt the nascent institution. Amanda Rose Wilder's vérité-style documentary is both a full-on immersion in the chaos of childhood and a case study in how one benevolent democracy determines how far it can legitimately go to suppress one troublesome member.

This film accompanies Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You: 2014.

Past events

Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 6:45 p.m.

Introduced by Amanda Rose Wilder

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Sat, Dec 13, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

Introduced by Amanda Rose Wilder

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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