FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    October 19, 2012
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TEACH, TEACHERS ARE TALKING, IS THE NATION LISTENING RECEIVES NOMINATION FOR BEST US DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FROM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MANHATTAN 2012.

BOSTON, October 19, 2012.     TEACH, Teachers Are Talking, Is the Nation Listening has been nominated for the Best US Documentary Feature Award from the International Film Festival of Manhattan 2012, IFFM Facebook . The winning films will be announced at the Opening Night and Awards Night on Thursday, November 8, 2012 to be held at the Kalayaan Hall at the Philippine Consulate located at 556 5th Ave (at 46 St) NYC. TEACH, Teachers Are Talking, Is the Nation Listening has also received the Indie Spec Best Cinematography Award from the Boston International Film Festival.

This is the third film festival that TEACH has been accepted into, the second in New York City, which is one of the highly competitive major hubs for showcasing films. The TEACH screening at IFFM is scheduled for November 12, Veterans Day, 7:40 pm at the historic Quad Cinemas in Greenwich Village, 34 W 13th St. NYC. The IFFM 2012 festival is November 9-15, 2012 and offers a wide selection of world class films. See TEACH Trailer for the International Film Festival of Manhattan.
TEACH Promo for the IFFM on YouTube.
TEACH Promo for International Film Festival Manhattan and other videos that are part of the TEACH Film Channel on the TEACH website.

TEACH, Teachers are Talking, Is the Nation Listening? brings an important perspective to the national education debate that is currently being dominated by a corporate led agenda to privatize and profitize education and blame teachers for everything that is wrong with education in this country. This movie takes on many questions about No Child Left Behind, high stakes testing, unequal distribution of education resources, and schools dominated by test scores and data driven curriculum instead of providing an education that is dynamic, creative, exciting, and joyful. As the filmmakers state in the movie, "Every day in the media we hear from the businesses, thinktankers, politicians, and administrators, this movie is about those who don't usually get heard."

TEACH examines the behind the scenes forces that are attacking teachers and their unions, promoting charter schools as the solution, and standardized testing as the primary determinant of student and teacher value. The film interviewed over 40 teachers from many school districts including Boston, Brooklyn, NY, Madison, WI, Key West, FL, North Conway, NH, Cambridge, MA, Newton, MA, Lincoln-Sudbury,MA, and others. Additional parts of the movie include legislative hearings, speeches, and debates between union and school officials, various public hearings about school closings, and various teacher rallies.

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