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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary If You Build It follows designer-activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives. Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change-resistant school board, Pilloton and Miller lead...

Directed By: Patrick Creadon

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 25 m

If You Build It

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary If You Build It follows designer-activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives. Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change-resistant school board, Pilloton and Miller lead...

Directed By: Patrick Creadon

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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75
Mar 7, 2014
An inspiring, educational, highly enjoyable documentary.
By Tirdad Derakhshani FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 27, 2014
Director Patrick Creadon, who in 2006 made the entertaining "Wordplay," about crossword fanatics, probably errs on the side of advocacy here. But give him credit for acknowledging that idealistic endeavors don't always pay off.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 10, 2014
Less a polemic than a portrait, If You Build It celebrates the flinty spirit that spurs problem solving and creativity (sometimes at the same time) with people not dedicated to a cause, but to people.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 9, 2014
This honest and engrossing film shows how ingenuity and spark can restore excitement in education. That goal needs every helping hand it can get.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 8, 2014
Credit goes to Creadon for venturing beyond the classroom to look at how the teachers and students manage small victories despite limited resources.
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50
Jan 7, 2014
Creadon unveils his story in a haphazard, backwards-unfolding way.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 9, 2014
The movie’s biggest weakness comes with its tendency to film people telling us what’s going on rather than having us observe.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW

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Production Company O'Malley Creadon Productions
Release Date Jan 10, 2014
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/IfYouBuildItFilm
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Awards

Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Christopher Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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