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The Hobart Shakespeareans of Hobart Boulevard Elementary School [1] 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.
Every year the Hobart Shakespeareans perform an unabridged production of Shakespeare in their tiny classroom. It has to be seen to be believed. People come from all over the world to witness the magic, as the tiny actors bring the Bard's words to life.
Sep 6, 2005 · Teaching in Los Angeles at one of the nation's largest inner-city grade schools, Hobart Elementary, Esquith leads his class of fifth graders through an uncompromising curriculum of English,...
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Sep 6, 2005 · Synopsis. Teacher Rafe Esquith has a point of view — a very strong one — about educating children of immigrants. Teaching in Los Angeles at one of the nation's largest inner-city grade schools, Hobart Elementary, Esquith leads his class of fifth graders through an uncompromising curriculum of English, mathematics, geography and literature.
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.
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In The Hobart Shakespeareans, student Alan Avila plays Hamlet, Brenda De Leon is a breathtaking Ophelia, Damien Mendieta is Polonius and Lidia Medina is Gertrude, and each testifies to the impact of Esquith's class.
