Paper Tigers
May 28, 2015 | IMDB 7.7
102 min Watch NowDocumentary
Follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
1999
My So-Called High School Rank
Harlem School 1970
Bots High
American Teen
The Salt Mines
Guest House
American Cheerleader
We Did It on a Song
Resolved
Junior War
Going Varsity in Mariachi
The Act of Reading
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Pressure Cooker
How to Dance in Ohio
Freakonomics
Science Fair
Young Solitude
Stacked
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1999
IMDB 5 | Nov , 2017
In the late 1990s, Moncton's Acadian community was forever marked when death struck an high school. In a sweet impressionist film, Samara returns to the city she fled as a teenager to immerse herself in memories that are still buried there, in various places and in dusty boxes containing diaries, photos and VHS tapes. 1999 is not a ghost story, although it is populated by ghosts. The snow-covered streets, corridors and locker rooms of the school are intact, as in a dream, but the absence left by the wave of teenage suicides still resonates with unanswered questions, trauma and regret. Samara meets inspiring people who carry with them great pain and who, 16 years later, can finally comfort each other by breaking a long silence. In the end, the film interweaves different voices and gives rise to a collective reflection on the internalization of mourning and the need to learn to affirm one's desire to survive.My So-Called High School Rank
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2022
A deep dive into the lives of high school students in three radically disparate communities as they navigate the pressures around college while staging a musical, until seismic events upend their dreams and expectations.Harlem School 1970
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2018
A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed in the Spring of 1970 and concluded during the Summer of 2017 (footage added, restored, and re-edited). A day in the life of an inner-city Harlem elementary school. In 2018 filmmaker Phil Gries reunited with seven of his former Harlem elementary students whom he hadn't seen in 50 years.Bots High
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2010
Bots High is an exciting documentary following the adventures of three high school robotics teams battling for first place at a national robotics competition in Miami, Florida. It's a no-holds-barred fight to the death with robot carnage everywhere you look. Genius inventor Will builds robots so powerful they're unstoppable...if only they don't destroy themselves first. The Mechanical Misfits are an all girls team stumbling through their first foray into combat robotics and Elizabeth and Danielle are a formidable pair looking to reign supreme during their last year of high school. Bots High follows these students as they design, build and compete at Nationals - all while surviving high school, first love and teenager procrastination. A FilmBuff Presentation.American Teen
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2008
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.The Salt Mines
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1990
Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived on the streets of Manhattan supporting their drug addictions through prostitution. They made their temporary home inside broken garbage trucks that the Sanitation Department keeps next to the salt deposits used in the winter to melt the snow. The three friends share the place known as "The Salt Mines".Guest House
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2018
Three women in a re-entry house experience the reality of reintegration and attempt to acclimate to life after being released from incarceration and battling addiction.American Cheerleader
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2014
Follows the journey of two high school teams vying for the coveted UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship title.We Did It on a Song
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 2014
This film tells the stormy tale of a group of friends from Boulogne-sur-Mer, a French town hit by the financial crisis. A year between dreams and disillusion, imagined by teenagers from a working or middle class background, with songs that regularly add poetry, laughter, and emotion to reality.Resolved
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2007
The fascinating complexity of high school debate gives way to a portrait of the equally complex racial and class bias of American education in Greg Whiteley's riveting documentary.Junior War
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2013
In Junior War, a throng of highschoolers congregate at night for a party in the woods sometime in the year 2000. A band plays, the kids get drunk, the boys and girls tepidly flirt, and groups deploy into cars for the purpose of destroying mailboxes, tee-peeing houses, breaking lawn ornaments, and sparring with the police. The film is composed entirely of footage Trecartin took during his senior year of high school in exurban Ohio; as such, it baits the viewer with genealogical significance.Going Varsity in Mariachi
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2023
A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.The Act of Reading
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2021
A retired high school English teacher is confronted by a former student who failed her class 15 years prior. He then involves her in a feature-length presentation on Moby-Dick and the science of reading.TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
IMDB 5.3 | Apr , 2024
A series of lawsuits and allegations have legendary rap mogul P. Diddy on the ropes. TMZ has the troubling inside story from people who were there.Pressure Cooker
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 2008
A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.How to Dance in Ohio
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 2015
In Columbus, Ohio, a group of autistic teenagers and young adults role-play this transition by going through the deceptively complex social interactions of preparing for a spring formal. Focusing on several young women as they go through an iconic American rite of passage, we are given intimate access to people who are often unable to share their experiences with others. With humor and heartbreak, How to Dance in Ohio shows the daily courage of people facing their fears and opening themselves to the pain, worry, and joy of the social world.Freakonomics
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2010
Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.Science Fair
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2018
Filmmakers follow nine high school students from around the globe as they compete at an international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 of the smartest teens from 78 countries, only one will be named Best in Fair.Young Solitude
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2018
Claire Simon portrays an important time for any individual, from 16 to 18 years of age. Set in the Paris suburbs in high school (for those lucky enough to go), teenagers chat after and even during class, sitting in the hallway or outside on a bench, looking at the city below them.Stacked
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2021
The year was 1999, and a couple of schools four hours apart were embarking on a season-long journey to become the best high school baseball team in Michigan. The Sturgis Trojans and the Pinconning Spartans were schools that were built from the ground up by communities that were unapologetically determined to do one thing - WIN. Both schools were championship caliber baseball teams that didn't know a thing about each other when they took the field at Battle Creek's Bailey Park to face-off in the 1999 MHSAA state championship. Finally, 22 years later, we have uncovered fascinating details about both teams, their run to the state finals, and the emotional thoughts and feelings behind one of the most memorable final innings in MHSAA history.