The screening of Our School in Berlin

Donnerstag, 17 november 2011  21:00

Our School
An absorbing, infuriating, and ultimately bittersweet story of tradition and progress, Our School follows three Roma children in a small Transylvanian town who are among the pioneer participants in an initiative to integrate the ethnically segregated Romanian schools. Shot over four years, the film touches on issues ranging from institutionalized racism, public education, and the intractability of poverty, culminating in an outrageous finale that cements the Roma children's struggle in the annals of egregious human rights violations. This award-winning documentary seeks to mobilize new energies at a moment that is ripe for change, when Europe has its own Brown vs. Board of Education moment.

Directed & Produced by Mona Nicoara
Co-Director & Co-Producer Miruna Coca-Cozma
Executive Producer Julie Goldman
Director of Photography Ovidiu Marginean
Editor Erin Casper
Music Sasha Gordon

Special screening sponsored by PILnet

European Pro Bono Forum

Thursday, 17 November, 9pm
at the CineStar Event Cinema
Potsdamer Strasse 4
(inside the Sony Center)
Admission is free but seating is limited

Absorbing, even-keeled picture carries echoes of Michael Apted's groundbreaking ‘Up’ series.”
Variety
“Moving and galvanizing, this quietly observed yet explosive documentary could be exhibit A in another
law suit.”
FilmForward
“One of those documentaries that leave you speechless as they reveal something new and emotional.”
HotNews.ro
“Searing”
Washington Post