Awkward / Awesome
One year in a boldly inefficient and startlingly upbeat New York City public middle school that mixes 5th – 8th graders in almost all their classes — and somehow it actually works.
A 62 min documentary film (in post-production)
Directed and Produced by Camilla Calamandrei
Edited by Bernadine Colish
Pure joy!
— Sara Davis Powell, Belmont Abbey College
A novel and extraordinary window into the world of early adolescence.
— Penny Bishop, University of Maine
A terrific documentary and an authentic portrait of what it means to be an early adolescent today — offering a view into one imperfect, but thought-provoking, school and its attempt to help students thrive as they navigate these years of immense change, challenge, and opportunity.
— Phyllis Fagell, Author “Middle School Matters”
