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Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Fullscreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On her first day at her new school, Chrissa is seated with three girls who greet her with teasing and tricks. They bully Chrissa in class, on the bus, online, and even at swim club. When the taunting goes too far, Chrissa must find a way to stand strong.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The suffocating repressiveness of the Victorian era is superbly realized by director Bruce Beresford in The Getting of Wisdom. Thirteen-year-old Laura, an incorrigible free spirit from the Australian outback, is enrolled in a prestigious girl's boarding school. The indoctrination process is a rough one, and Laura very nearly loses her individuality and sense of self-worth. When she does mature, however, it is on her terms, and not the school's.
Publisher
CBS Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rafe, an imaginative teenager, is tired of his school's obsession with rules at the expense of any and all creativity. Desperate to shake things up, he and his best friends have come up with a plan to break every single rule in the school and let the students run wild.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
[Widescreen and standard formats].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cornbread, Earl and me: Cornbread, a gifted basketball player, has won a scholarship and is about to get out of the ghetto when in a case of mistaken identity he's shot by the police. The youngsters in the ghetto worshipped Cornbread, and the police are trying to cover up the murder. An 11 year old black boy saw it all...on his testimony rests the explosive case!
Cooley High: A bittersweet tale of life in a black vocational high school in Chicago...
7) Suspiria
Publisher
Blue Underground
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Horror film about an American student enrolled in a German dance academy. A series of bizarre incidents and brutal murders puts the academy in chaos.
8) Rushmore
Series
Criterion collection volume 65
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max Fischer, a tenth-grader at Rushmore Academy, is involved in too many extra-curricular activities, and, as he tries to avoid getting expelled because of his grades, Max befriends a first-grade teacher, whom he falls in love with, and a melancholy, self-made millinaire.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two mischievous students turn a convent school upside down with their pranks. During Christmas break, Mary remains at the school and is touched by the Sisters' celebration of the Yule. Their graduation is both a relief and a celebration for the Mother Superior.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 151
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sam and his classmates dread Friday, the day they are to take the infamous Big Test.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
12) Ben X
Series
Film Movement volume year 6, film 9
Publisher
[Stella Artois]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Nederlands
Description
Ben is different. His life is full of strange rituals and a mild form of autism prevents normal communications with others.
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in a Catholic boy's school where a chocolate sale becomes a war over conformity. Jerry is a student who refuses to take part, undercutting ambitious school administrator Brother Leon. Leon secretly enlists Archie, the sadistic mastermind of the school's resident gang, to force Jerry into line.
14) Monsieur Lazhar
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
At a Montreal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Crazy hair day: Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong.
Petunia: A silly goose learns that it takes more than just carrying a book to become wise.
How do dinosaurs go to school?: Come along for a very unusual day at school as dinosaurs enjoy story time, show-and-tell, and recess.
Monty: Monty, an alligator taxi, decides that he needs a vacation when the kids' back seat-driving...
16) 187
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a teacher is beaten in his Brooklyn school, he leaves for a troubled school in L.A. to try to escape the memories.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 2
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Discusses surprises and disguises and presents a reading of the book, Miss Nelson is back, by Harry Allard and James Marshall. While Miss Nelson is away her students decide to create a lookalike to fool their principal. Their substitute teacher, Miss Swamp, sets things straight. Review books - Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield ; Daddy is a monster sometimes by John Steptoe ; Harlequin and the gift of many colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree....
18) The craft
Publisher
Shout! / Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A troubled seventeen-year-old moves to L.A. and into a new school. She takes up with three rebels who like to dabble in witchcraft.
20) Connecting rooms
Series
Publisher
KL Studio Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
James Wallraven has been wrongfully dismissed from his post at a British public school and goodhearted Wanda Fleming is a cello player driven to busk on the streets. They find sympathy and understanding in each other as they share their misfortunes.
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