A Touch of Greatness (2005)

ALL 01/11/2005 (en) Documentary 58 Min
  • Release
    01/11/2005
  • Production
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  • Original title
    A Touch of Greatness
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America's schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in his fifth grade public school classroom. Through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play, Cullum championed an unorthodox educational philosophy that spoke directly to his students' needs. Many of Cullum's projects were recorded on film by then novice filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr. Weaving stunning black and white footage and rare archival television broadcasts together with interviews of Cullum and his former students, this is a portrait of a maverick teacher who transformed a generation of young people by enabling them to discover their own inner greatness.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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A Touch of Greatness (2005) 58 Min

ALL 01/11/2005 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/11/2005
  • Production
  • Original title A Touch of Greatness
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America's schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in his fifth grade public school classroom. Through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play, Cullum championed an unorthodox educational philosophy that spoke directly to his students' needs. Many of Cullum's projects were recorded on film by then novice filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr. Weaving stunning black and white footage and rare archival television broadcasts together with interviews of Cullum and his former students, this is a portrait of a maverick teacher who transformed a generation of young people by enabling them to discover their own inner greatness.

  1. Leslie Sullivan, Robert Downey Sr.

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer