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Filmmaker Statement
Most of us remember our middle school days as alternately stressful and boring, so I was amazed when I realized that my son was having possibly the most important emotional and intellectual education of his life at the Center School – which inspired me to want to know more. Ultimately, I was embedded in the school as a one-woman filmmaker for an entire year. Being there day in and day out was an eye-opening experience, for what it means to be an early adolescent and what it means to be a middle school teacher.
I am immensely grateful to the students, teachers and administrators that graciously tolerated my presence for so many months. The exceptional access produced truly rare observational footage of social encounters and academic classes, as well as a wealth of surprisingly candid interviews. There are no other current documentaries filmed entirely inside a middle school, and the factors that allowed me to both witness and understand what was happening would be hard to recreate. This is a singular and special window onto a world that adults almost never see.
I am excited for people to get a peek into the secret lives of 10-14 year olds at school, and have their minds a little blown by how the Center School so joyfully flies against educational convention and succeeds.
— Camilla Calamandrei, New York City