Precious Knowledge
Precious Knowledge Movie Review
As the documentary begins, it introduced Priscilla, Gilbert, Crystal and Mariah. They are four high school students who attend the Mexican American studies at Tucson High School in
Arizona. In spite of how well the program is doing, there has been many disapproval of the program. The main person who really didn't like the program and wanted it completely removed is Mr. Tom Horne. His main reason of disapproval of the program was that he believed that the class was influencing the students for a Mexican revolution against the American government.
He then suggest a bill that would end the Mexican American studies program at Tucson Unified
School District. With this all happening the teachers reminded their students not to react negatively to these events rather handle it in a lawfully way because their opponents just want the satisfaction of something terrible to happen to support their arguments. Instead of violence or immature reactions the teachers and students organized rallies to help get the community to understand what they are doing. Regardless of all the hard work the teachers and students did to help the community understand the truth, the bill was signed into law by Jan Brewer. The movie ends with the teachers having their last class with their students before graduation and shows one of the students from the program who graduated attending the University of Arizona.
In this documentary there were things that I found to be such great features. First the characters were just so real, their emotions were so genuine and you could feel the pain they felt when they lost their precious class. The filmmaker really knew how to catch those moments well.
I’ve watched many documentaries and at times I feel that its so staged and rehearsed. Another thing I found to be a great feature was how long the documentary was. It was about 70 mins.
During that time I learned so much about the situation then I knew 70 mins
As the documentary begins, it introduced Priscilla, Gilbert, Crystal and Mariah. They are four high school students who attend the Mexican American studies at Tucson High School in
Arizona. In spite of how well the program is doing, there has been many disapproval of the program. The main person who really didn't like the program and wanted it completely removed is Mr. Tom Horne. His main reason of disapproval of the program was that he believed that the class was influencing the students for a Mexican revolution against the American government.
He then suggest a bill that would end the Mexican American studies program at Tucson Unified
School District. With this all happening the teachers reminded their students not to react negatively to these events rather handle it in a lawfully way because their opponents just want the satisfaction of something terrible to happen to support their arguments. Instead of violence or immature reactions the teachers and students organized rallies to help get the community to understand what they are doing. Regardless of all the hard work the teachers and students did to help the community understand the truth, the bill was signed into law by Jan Brewer. The movie ends with the teachers having their last class with their students before graduation and shows one of the students from the program who graduated attending the University of Arizona.
In this documentary there were things that I found to be such great features. First the characters were just so real, their emotions were so genuine and you could feel the pain they felt when they lost their precious class. The filmmaker really knew how to catch those moments well.
I’ve watched many documentaries and at times I feel that its so staged and rehearsed. Another thing I found to be a great feature was how long the documentary was. It was about 70 mins.
During that time I learned so much about the situation then I knew 70 mins