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Teaching Students, Schooling America: Robert Reich Documentary ‘The Last Class’ Acquired By Abramorama
The Robert Reich documentary 'The Last Class,' directed by Elliot Kirschner, has been acquired for North American theatrical release by Abramorama.
The documentary from CoffeeKlatch Productions and Inequality Media Civic Action follows Reich as he prepares to deliver his final course at Cal Berkeley, capping an extraordinary academic career that has seen him teach 40,000 students across four decades. The Last Class is CoffeeKlatch’s first feature-length documentary and “marks the launch of its mission to spark dialogue and civic engagement through digital media.” Lofthouse commented, “As a close collaborator of Bob for the past decade and as one of his 40,000 former students, I’m thrilled to offer viewers the opportunity to experience Professor Reich in his classroom—his inspirational and unexpected approaches to teaching, his profound humanity, and his unwavering belief in education’s ability to triumph over cynicism.” Abramorama’s many documentary releases include Sam Green’s 32 Sounds, Vanessa & Ted Hope’s Invisible Nation; Ron Howard’s Grammy-winning The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years; Stanley Nelson’s Miles Davis: Birth of The Cool; Roberta Grossman and Nancy Spielberg’s Who Will Write Our History; Amir Bar-Lev’s Long Strange Trip – The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead; Brett Morgen’s Jane, on primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall; Asif Kapadia’s Senna; Banksy’s Academy Award-nominated Exit Through the Gift Shop; Laurie Anderson ’s Heart of a Dog; Showtime’s Listen to Me Marlon, directed by Stevan Riley, and the Oscar-nominated The Look of Silence, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer.
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