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Shakespeare High Documentary 2011

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Shakespeare High (2011)

directed by Alex Rotaru

run time 81 minutes

IMDb tt1884414

About The Film from shakesperehigh.org:

"Shakespeare High" is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of a group

of teenagers in Southern California who find a place to belong within their

high-school drama program and are determined to succeed in the 90th Annual DTASC

(Drama Teachers Association of Southern California) Shakespeare Competition.

Theater has become their inspiration; a reason to strive and overcome adversity.

The film features their stories of how the arts enriches their lives amidst

personal troubles, including poverty, violence, gangs, drugs, absentee parents,

as well as the troubles and hardships of adolescence.

Through Shakespeare, these students are able to find community; they discover

passion, drive, and confidence to pursue their dreams and dictate the course of

their lives.

Tosh and Taco are sophomores from East LA and former gang members. Nicole’s

family lives below the poverty line in the isolated, low-income desert community

of Hesperia. Tommy is an energetic and spry redhead whose parents were former

skin-heads before his dad left the family. Galvin and Melvin are twin brothers

who moved in with their aunt and uncle after their father murdered their mother

following a spiteful divorce. Their touching stories of change and determination

are interspersed with commentary from well-known actors including Kevin Spacey,

Val Kilmer, and Richard Dreyfus, all of whom are alumni of the life-changing

DTASC program."

My notes:

No Costumes

No props

No makeup

Four chairs

These are all the elements allowed to bring Shakespeare to life in competition

for California high school student contestants in Shakespearean dramatic

competition The contest has been going on for 90 years and has started the careers of some

well-known Hollywood names, four of which appear in Shakespeare High.

The film is much more than one might expect. Because of the constraints on what can be

used, aside from raw talent, the playing field for these contestants is quite level.

The film is presented here that more people might get the DVDs for their libraries and schools.

http://shakespearehigh.org/

Notes written December 8th, 2012

Anyone interested in this topic of high school student theatre should not miss

a nonfiction book called "Drama High." It is on the life of Lou Volpe, the high

school director whose Levittown high school group regularly qualified to try out

Broadway shows released for performance. The book covers Volpe's productions

and career written by Michael Sokolove who was once one of Volpe's students.

Volpe has done the first high school productions- of "Rent" and

"Spring Awakening" at the time of writing.

Drama high : the incredible true story of a brilliant teacher, a

struggling town, and the magic of theater

Author: Michael Sokolove. Riverhead books 2013

Notes updated and added in a new torrent February 24 2020

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