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Despite language barriers and poverty, these Hobart Shakespeareans move on to attend outstanding colleges, motivated by a teacher honored with a National Medal of Arts.
The Hobart Shakespeareans: Directed by Mel Stuart. With Rafe Esquith, Ian McKellen, Michael York. Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at a school in a dangerous, poor, drug-infested 100% Latino/Asian neighborhood in Los Angeles.
The Hobart Shakespeareans of Hobart Boulevard Elementary School is a 2005 documentary film that tells the story of the inspirational inner-city Los Angeles school teacher Rafe Esquith whose rigorous fifth-grade curriculum includes English, mathematics, geography, and literature.
Sep 6, 2005 · Watch the Trailer. PBS Premiere: Sept. 6, 2005 Check local listings » Encore Broadcast: Aug. 15, 2006. Encore Broadcast: Aug. 7, 2007. Synopsis. Teacher Rafe Esquith has a point of view — a very strong one — about educating children of immigrants.
2005, Documentary. -- Tomatometer 1 Reviews. -- Audience Score. Want to see. Movie Info. The story of how one talented teacher is changing the lives of his at-risk students by exposing them to...
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THE HOBART SHAKESPEAREANS is a riveting, life-changing documentary on Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and also National Medal of Arts recipient (plus many other teaching awards, including Oprah's Use Your Life Award), who teaches fifth-grade in a dangerous, poor, drug-infested 100% Latino/Asian neighborhood in L.A. to kids whose ...
