About a Teacher

Running time: 112 mins

Teaching high school film class? How hard can it be?

Inspired by filmmaker Hanan Harchol’s real-life experiences as a film teacher in an inner-city public high school, and featuring many of his former students, the intimate and inspiring About A Teacher follows a new and clueless teacher as he struggles to guide his students through class while he learns how to be an effective teacher in a system that doesn’t prepare or support it’s instructors. While examining familiar territory (challenging social issues, the fact that both teachers and students regularly drop out of the system), Hanan’s story elevates through his personal struggles as a teacher, the teens’ struggles simply to navigate life, and how the symbiosis between mentor and student can have lasting, positive impact. – Kelly A. Harrison