AMERICAN TEACHER: Official Trailer

AMERICAN TEACHER is the feature-length documentary produced and directed by Academy Award--winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth; produced by Nínive Calegari, co-founder of the literacy non-profit 826 National, and best-selling author Dave Eggers; and narrated by Academy Award-winner Matt Damon.

AMERICAN TEACHER chronicles the stories of four teachers - Erik Benner, Jonathan Dearman, Jamie Fidler, and Rhena Jasey - who live and work in disparate urban and rural areas of the country. By following these teachers as they reach different milestones in their careers, the film tells the deeper story of the teaching profession in America today. The film shows us the experience of these four young teachers as they recognize the importance of what they do, and how much they love what they do, but ask: can I afford to continue to teach?

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Film & Animation

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• american
• teacher
• movie
• film
• matt
• damon
• dave
• eggers
• thao
• nguyen

[consepmg]

And finally,

Teaching is consistently ranked amongst the most stressful jobs one can do. The U.S. needs to offer its educators pay and respect commensurate to what their years of study provide comparable professions or the downward slide --

articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/­27/local/la-me-homework-201106­27

will continue.

Signed,

Ex-teacher

[vongfatima]

Big businesses mostly profit from the investment of education by getting well educated staff. They should pay an extra education tax to improve the situation. I can't believe people call teachers lazy when they have to go through College accept a crappy salary, correct kids work and prepare at home in their own time, work on weekends in extracurricular activities,put up with parents misinformed blame & have no choice but to deliver the Governments cut back crappy education curriculum.

[thebtkshow]

@CrimsonFire78 u go ms.jasey!!!!!! thats my class too lol

[CrimsonFire78]

Lol!!!! My class is in there!!!!!

[jrussell9898]

@larthantos

what is a "third would country?" and who is the dumbass? Don't respond, we have our answer.

[brandys78]

I wonder if Mr. Damon is going to public support Obama in light of today's news that the president is reform no child left behind in 10 states thus far?

[MrKento2011]

@georgiatechur For high school?

[BartholomewCounty]

Why don't we have a national teacher appreciation day when the entire community comes together and thanks all teachers for the incredible work they do? Let's make it happen.

[demoanachica]

@xerxia00 a nurse a psychologist, body guard, the law and dictator, and most of all for those urban students you are their only source of morals and respect..... once they cut into my pension to take my bitty bit to help pay teachers..... im out!!!

[georgiatechur]

I have taught for high school for 11 years, and although I love teaching and love "MY" kids, I am burning out due to federal regs that make no sense, admins that are more concerned about a checklist than the students, unsupportive parents, lack of discipline, etc. For the past 2 years I have felt as if I have been trying to swim in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean during a full scale hurricane with no life preserver. And I consider myself a creative, EFFECTIVE teacher.