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Paper Tigers
Stop asking 'what's wrong with you?' Start asking 'what happened to you?' 🐯
Who it's for
The film translates research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which links childhood adversity to later health and behavior problems, into a concrete school setting.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Paper Tigers is a documentary by James Redford, who spent a year filming at Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, Washington. Drawing on research into adverse childhood experiences, it follows six students as the principal and teachers change how they teach and respond to students, acknowledging the hardships in their lives instead of focusing on rigor and test scores.
Where to find it
Educational and community screenings via KPJR Films. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Child abuse and a sexual assault discussed.
Age: Not verified (suggested 13+)
And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Freedom”
