Approaching the Elephant (2015) Movie Critic Review

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Approaching the Elephant (2015) Movie Critic Review
Production:     Wilder Films
Genre:     Documentary
Country:     USA
Language:     English
Director;     Amanda Wilder
Producer:    Amanda Wilder, Caitlin Mae Burke, Robert Greene










Approaching the Elephant (2015) Movie Critic Review - Approaching the Elephant Movie Directed by Amanda Wilder. Under Production: Wilder Films. In Cinema Feb 20, 2015 with Producer:    Amanda Wilder, Caitlin Mae Burke, Robert Greene

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The A.V. Club | A.A. Dowd 
The footage, edited by Actress director Robert Greene, coheres into what feels like one long, chaotic school day. You can practically feel the pulse of grown-up veins, the fraying of last nerves.
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The New Yorker | Richard BrodyAmanda Rose Wilder’s nuanced and passionate documentary, about the first year of a “free” elementary school in New Jersey, reveals the glories and the limitations of unstructured classrooms and observational filmmaking alike.
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The New York Times | Nicolas RapoldMs. Wilder, in her debut feature, riskily opts to leave much of the children’s educational activity fairly vague. Which gives it one more thing in common with school: You need to pay attention.
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The Dissolve | Scott TobiasMuch of the observational brilliance of Approaching The Elephant comes from how closely form relates to content: Out of chaos comes order, both at Teddy McArdle and in the film, which brings the personalities and conflicts into sharper focus as it goes along.
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Village Voice | Calum MarshThe faults and merits of the free-school movement are elucidated with a steely, journalistic rigor. More surprising is that this candid glimpse plays as exhilarating drama.
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