Night School

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Night School

2017

1h 25m

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Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. For adult learners Greg, Melissa, and Shynika, a high school diploma could be a life-changing achievement. The pursuit of their diplomas is fraught with the challenges of daily life and also the broader systemic roadblocks faced by many low-income Americans, including wages and working conditions.

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

06/22/2017

Cohn's slickly edited verit-style storytelling lets each person's humanity rise to the top, just enough to mix expected poignancy with a simple clarity about the struggles of low-income, opportunity-challenged souls.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

06/09/2017

Feeling particularly relevant these days because of the ever-growing obstacles faced by less-educated people struggling for economic gains, the moving film depicts the American dream in action.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

06/09/2017

3/4

Cohn merely chronicles three unforgettable people, the kind who are imminently easy to root for, and allows us to realize that they're not that different from us or the legions like them trying to better themselves.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/18/2020

4.0/4.0

Captured the Heartland Film Festival's prize for Best Documentary Feature.

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Louise Keller

Urban Cinefile

11/16/2018

'If you want something you have never had, you have to do something you have never done,' says one of the three high school dropouts, whose journey this inspiring documentary follows... Be inspired! Watch this doco and take the first step.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

01/07/2018

B-

An inspirational doc about getting a second chance.

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10/13/2020

Eye-opening, inspiring, and genuine. Night School, like all urban documentaries, shows audiences an uncompromising look at a scene that most are unaware of.

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Jason Orans

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Steve Bannatyne

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Pamela Ryan

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Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. For adult learners Greg, Melissa, and Shynika, a high school diploma could be a life-changing achievement. The pursuit of their diplomas is fraught with the challenges of daily life and also the broader systemic roadblocks faced by many low-income Americans, including wages and working conditions.

Director: Andrew Cohn
Producer: Jason Orans, Steve Bannatyne, Pamela Ryan
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Gigantic Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.4K
Runtime: 1h 25m