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Schooling the World

Schooling the World

2010Movie⏱️ 1h 6m
DocumentaryHistory
7.8
IMDB Rating
199 votes

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into gov...

Director
Carol Black
Writers
Elwood P. Cubberly, Albert Einstein, Mohandas K. Gandhi
Stars
Wade Davis, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Elijah Gergen
Language
English
Country
United States, India
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🎭 Top Cast

Wade Davis
Wade Davis
as Self - Ethnpbotanist National Society
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Helena Norberg-Hodge
as Self - International Society for Ecology and Culture
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Elijah Gergen
as Self - Principal Moravian Mission School
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva
as Self - Navdanya
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Manish Jain
as Self - Shikshantar People's Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
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Julian Schweitzer
as Self - Director of Human Development World Bank
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Dolma Tsering Teykhang
as Self - Women's Alliance of Ladakh
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Heidi
as Self - Lamdon School of Ladakh

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Filming Location
Ladakh, India
Production
Lost People

🏷️ Keywords

native americansocial documentarysocial issuesculturechildren

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⭐ Featured Review

Purpose
by mitishagupta2022-07-31

"The documentary, in my opinion, aims to present a stark contrast between traditional and modern education. Traditional education, briefly, is described as a form of education that incorporates the skills, values, and language required to survive in one's own culture, whereas Modern education is manifested as a deviation from these aspects. With this, the documentary creates a platform to reveal the downside of Modern education and its impacts in Indian society (specifically Ladakh). The purpose comes across as an intent to spread awareness regarding the potential loss by altogether declin..."

📖 Synopsis

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into gov...