Race to Nowhere airs on local PBS stations Sept 25- Oct 5. High pressures on students.

[madfloridian]

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Here is the link to the PBS page to search when it is in your area.

http://www.racetonowhere.com/broadcast

An earlier page about the movie.

http://www.racetonowhere.com/about-film
Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture -

Uploaded on Aug 9, 2010 (Took 4 years to get to public TV?)

Theatrical Trailer Race to Nowhere: http://www.racetonowhere.com

Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren't developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what's best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.

Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.

In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings during a six month campaign to screen the film nationwide. Tens of thousands of people are coming together, using the film as the centerpiece for raising awareness, radically changing the national dialogue on education and galvanizing change.

[liberal_at_heart]

1. Fantastic. Thanks for the heads up. There's no way I'm missing that.

[Wella]

2. This is excellent. Thank you.

Is there any place to watch it online?

Rec.

[madfloridian]

3. If I find out anything I will let you know.

[Wella]

4. Appreciate it.

[madfloridian]

5. Down the page I found a link to view online....but it costs about 30.00

http://racetonowhere.vhx.tv/

I thought PBS let us watch the shows for free.

[Wella]

6. This may be a private film company

If PBS makes it a Frontline special, it should be viewable on the PBS site. Let me check.

[madfloridian]

12. I found this site that looks like a possibility. Watch Documentaries Free.

http://www.freedocumentary.tv/watch-documentaries/

They have a place to donate though. I don't know how it works, but you could give it a try.

I thought it was on You Tube, but it's only the discussions about it.

Let me know if it works, I saw a couple of others there I'd like to try.

[Wella]

13. Here's the specific link

http://www.freedocumentary.tv/?s=Race+to+Nowhere&x=0&y=0

[madfloridian]

14. There's no video there. Do they email a link to you?

I am not sure what they are doing.

[Wella]

15. You're right.

I don't know how that will work. It says "Watch Now" but doesn't link you to anything.

[FairWinds]

7. So I checked the schedule for Cleveland Public TV.

They have "Race to Nowhere" scheduled to run on
Wednesday, October 1 -- 5:00am
Thanks for NOTHING WVIZ !!
And thanks to Madfloridian for keeping up the struggle . .

[madfloridian]

10. On cable Brighthouse has 3 pbs plus one that is HD.

Race is not on the HD channel...but at 4 in the afternoon on one that is not.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. Thanks for the post.

I hope people see this and give it the attention it deserves.

[valerief]

9. Interesting, as long as this isn't a disguised "pro-charter school" film. nt

[madfloridian]

11. I don't think it is. Some of us posted about it before.

I have never seen the whole hour of it, but many bits and pieces.

[Michigan-Arizona]

16. Have you seen this interview----- Katie Couric interviews Vicki Abeles director of the documentary..

[madfloridian]

17. I missed that. Watching it now.

Thanks for the link.

[Michigan-Arizona]

18. You are quite welcome

Will send all these link's off to my daughter for her to watch & for her to pass it on to other teacher's, parent's that may want to see them...... Thank you