To Be Heard
  • Studio: ITVS
  • Release Date: Oct 14, 2011
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  • Summary: To Be Heard is the story of three teens from the South Bronx whose struggle to change their lives begins when they start to write poetry. As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love, friendship, frustration, and hope, we watch these three youngsters emerge as accomplished self-aware artists, who use their creativity to alter their circumstances. (ITVS)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brunick
    Oct 11, 2011
    100
    Check your cynicism at the ticket booth. To Be Heard is one of the best documentaries of the year.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Oct 14, 2011
    80
    This brisk but full documentary about students at a Bronx high school taking a class that promotes literacy and poetry slams is, like its subjects, multifaceted, sometimes sad but ultimately inspiring.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mindy Farabee
    Nov 6, 2011
    80
    For how well this finely crafted work captures the pressures of inner-city poverty, single-parent families and abusive relationships, one of its strengths lies in its ability to also gracefully locate the drama in filling out a college application.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    Oct 11, 2011
    60
    Spanning four years, To Be Heard has a large enough scope to map its subjects' rocky road to reinvention, concentrating on various bumps along the way.

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