To Sir, With Love

Year

1967

Duration

103 minutes

Genres

Drama

Language

English

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Though it's often suggested that problems in schools are a recent development, this groundbreaking 60s drama underlines that classroom aggravation and failing grades have always been an issue. Mark Thackeray (Poitier) is the black engineer who takes on a job teaching 16-year-olds in a tough London school. His predominantly white pupils are destined for society's scrapheap and they turn their resulting hatred for authority - and their personal prejudices - against him. Undeterred, Thackeray confronts the teens head on, throwing out conventional education methods for a crash course in surviving the adult world.

Director/s

James Clavell

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Instances of mild bad language.

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Activate: Effecting Change Secondary

Activities to support engagement, debate and reflection alongside a screening from the Activate: Effecting Change strand of the festival.

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Big City Stories (Secondary): Film Guide

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Black Star strand resource

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

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To Sir, With Love: Film Guide

World Teachers Day, 5 Oct

A film guide that looks at To Sir, With Love (1967), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

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To Sir, With Love

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Duration

Genres

Language

Member rating

Leader rating

Synopsis

Director/s

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Classification

Resources To Use With This Film

Activate: Effecting Change Secondary

Big City Stories (Secondary): Film Guide

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

Black Star strand resource

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

To Sir, With Love: Film Guide

World Teachers Day, 5 Oct

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