What if your kid's art teacher is literally holding civilization together with glue sticks?
Morgan Spurlock, Joe Morley and Heather Winters -- the same group of filmmakers that exposed the greasy truth about fast-food "supersizing" -- team with director Sara Sackner for this eye-opening documentary that looks under the hood of America's public school curriculum. Under the microscope this time is arts education and its pitiable lack of funding, as well as the vital role a teacher can play in the lives of struggling students.
Direction
Sackner balances data devastation with genuine human triumph.
Production
Spurlock crew brings Super Size Me urgency to classroom crisis.
Director
Sara Sackner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brett Ratner appears as himself—you know, the director later accused of serious misconduct. 2006 was a different era of documentary casting.
Released during No Child Left Behind's testing obsession, this film essentially predicted the 'STEM-only' pipeline that would decimate arts programs nationwide by 2010.
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