| Edition |
Special 2-disc enhanced edition ; widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen. |
| Performer |
Featuring: Neil Ahrendt, Brittany Brechbuhl, Rohit Sridharan, Apoorva Uppala, Jin Ruizhang, Hu Xiaoyuan ; commentators, Richard B. Freeman, Tim Draper, Shirley Ann Jackson, Vivek Paul, Robert Reich, Vivien Stewart, Vivek Wadhwa. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Ferne Pearlstein ... [et al.] ; music, Eric Lindsay, Robert [Ernest] Hawes. |
| Note |
"A documentary calculating the educational divide"--Cover. |
| Summary |
Examines the daily lives, pressures, and ambitions of six high school students in the US, China, and India, and their future prospects in the global economy. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Brains are everywhere -- Meet the students -- The flattening world -- Balancing my time -- Another Sputnik moment -- Seventeen in United States -- Expectations for myself -- Unless the U.S. wakes up. Disc 2. Teacher's manual -- Live q & a with Robert Compton -- 13 min. cut for presentations -- Visual commentary by Robert A. Compton -- Quiz show on the streets of Bangalore -- Teacher's guide. |
| Language |
Narration in English; interviews in English or Chinese with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Education, Secondary -- Cross-cultural studies.
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High school students -- United States.
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High school students -- China.
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High school students -- India.
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Education, Secondary -- United States.
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Education, Secondary -- China.
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Education, Secondary -- India.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Heeter, Chad. Director. Producer.
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Raney, Adam. Screenwriter. Producer.
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Compton, Robert A.
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Lindsay, Eric, 1980- Musician.
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Pearlstein, Ferne. Cinematographer.
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Ahrendt, Neil.
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Brechbuhl, Brittany.
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Sridharan, Rohit.
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Uppala, Apoorva.
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Ruizhang, Jin.
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Xiaoyuan, Hu.
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Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
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Draper, Tim.
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Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-
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Paul, Vivek.
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Reich, Robert B.
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Stewart, Vivien.
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Wadhwa, Vivek.
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Hawes, Robert.
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Carmel High School (Carmel, Indiana)
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Shanghai Nanyang Model High School (Shanghai, China)
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St. Paul's English School (Bangalore, India)
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Broken Pencil Productions.
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| Added Title |
Two million minutes |
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