The Bad Kids
Teachers at a Mojave Desert high school believe that compassion and life skills can change lives.
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Overview
- Genre
- Social Issues
- Synopsis
Located in an impoverished Mojave Desert community, Black Rock Continuation High School is one of California's alternative schools for students at risk of dropping out. Every student here has fallen so far behind in credits that they have no hope of earning a diploma at a traditional high school. Black Rock is their last chance. This film is an observational documentary that chronicles one extraordinary principal's mission to realize the potential of these students.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 101 minutes
Credits
- Jacob Bricca ... Editor
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Low Key Pictures
- Years of Production
- 2013-2015
- Locations
- Joshua Tree, California
- Prod. Partners
- The Sundance Institute, The Threshold Foundation, The Filmmaker Fund, Film Independent
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2016
- Festivals
- Sundance Film Festival, HotDocs International Documentary Festival, True/False Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland), Docaviv (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- Awards
- Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Verité Filmmaking, Nominated for Peabody Award, Documentary Category, Nominated for National Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economics Documentary
- Distribution
- Netflix, Independent Lens
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- ITVS
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- Netflix, ITVS
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Spanish, French, Chinese
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