The Children's Storefront (1988)

Directed by

Karen Goodman

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

14 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a free school in Harlem that was founded in 1966 to give underprivileged children access to a better education. It shows the daily life of the school and its students.

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What happens

The Children's Storefront is a 1988 American short documentary film about The Children's Storefront, an independent tuition-free school in Harlem set up in 1966 to help underprivileged children get a better education. Directed by Karen Goodman, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film was produced with donated services and unused film stock ends Goodman procured from production companies. It was broadcast in May 1988 on American Playhouse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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