The Act of Reading (2021)
- Directed by
- Mark Blumberg
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A retired high school English teacher has a tense reunion with a former student who failed her class years ago. That student then pulls her into a long presentation about Moby-Dick and how reading works in the brain.
thoughtfulintrospectiveintimatecontemplativeslow-pacededucationalpersonalemotional
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