BERLIN REBEL HIGH SCHOOL

by Alexander Kleider
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  • Alexander Kleider

    Synopsis

    You hated school when you were young? Your kids refuse to get up in the morning, because they feel the same?
    Maybe this documentary shows a solution...
    Hidden in one of Berlin's backyards is Germany's most ambitious high school.
    No headmaster, no hierarchy and no pressure. This school is entirely organized by its students without any outside funding. The pupils pay their own teachers and decide what they want to learn.  The film tells the moving stories of Alex, Lena,  Mimy and Hanil. They all coming from state schools all over germany and have one things in common: they failed.
    Now they experience a completely new way of learning – and want to give it a try again. They have two years to prepare for the final official test, held by the government.

    Festivals

    among others
    Audience Award Austin Filmfestival 2016
    20th ONE WORLD International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Alexander Kleider