The School in the Cloud
Feature Documentary • 2018 • 85’ • UK
What is the future of education in a networked world? TED Prize-winning scientist Sugata Mitra installs an unmanned Internet kiosk in a remote Bengali village to pioneer “A School in the Cloud”. As children encounter the Internet for the first time, will they be able to use it to transform their futures?
Director:
Jerry Rothwell
Producers:
Al Morrow, Dan Demissie
Executive Producers:
Ted Dintersmith, Tabitha Jackson, Stewart le Maréchal, Richard Ray Perez, Jonny Persey, Lynda Weinman
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CPH:Dox 2018 [World Premiere]
Seoul Eco Film Festival 2018
Visioni dal Mondo 2018
Bergen International Film Festival 2018
Heartland Film Festival 2018
DOC NYC 2018
Warsaw International Film Festival 2018 -
“Like a good classroom topic, the film will inspire debates beyond the room where it's seen.”
The Guardian“The School in the Cloud is a portrait of a positive idealist at work, and of an idea that can potentially create positive change for millions of children.”
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