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  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. For adult learners Greg, Melissa and Shynika, finally earning their high school diplomas could be a life-changing achievement. Emmy award-winning director Andrew Cohn’s absorbing documentary observes their individual pursuits, fraught with the challenges of d...

Directed By: Andrew Cohn

  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 25 m

Night School

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Summary Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. For adult learners Greg, Melissa and Shynika, finally earning their high school diplomas could be a life-changing achievement. Emmy award-winning director Andrew Cohn’s absorbing documentary observes their individual pursuits, fraught with the challenges of d...

Directed By: Andrew Cohn

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90
Jun 8, 2017
Night School exposes the individualism of poverty and the power that education can bring to the powerless.
By Lauren Humphries-Brooks FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 22, 2017
Cohn’s slickly edited verité-style storytelling lets each person’s humanity rise to the top, just enough to mix expected poignancy with a simple clarity about the struggles of low-income, opportunity-challenged souls.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 19, 2017
Benefiting greatly from its charismatic, likeable subjects, Night School displays a compassion and empathy that feels more necessary than ever.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 8, 2017
The result is a movie about large setbacks and small triumphs, and the grit that takes you from one to the other.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 9, 2017
Cohn never turns Night School into a sob story or a manipulative tale of redemption.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 13, 2017
Cohn’s film is ultimately a genuinely inspiring one, noteworthy in the way it achieves its uplift honestly and without sentimentality.
By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 7, 2017
One may wonder if Night School's most revealing material has been left on the cutting room floor, so as to offer the sort of uplift that inadvertently marginalizes the very inequalities that drive the film.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gigantic Pictures, Lucky Hat Entertainment, Wheelhouse Creative, Seven34 Films
Release Date Jun 9, 2017
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline Sometimes moving forward means going back.
Website http://www.nightschoolfilm.com/
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Awards

Heartland International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
BendFilm Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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