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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 54 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, they have just two million minutes to prepare for college, and ultimately, a career. For some, high school is little more than a necessary rite of passage -- the standard American backdrop for prom nights, tailgate parties, and teenage rebellion, but for other students around the world, these two million minutes are spent with tutors and textbooks as they sharpen their minds for the "new knowledge economy." TWO MILLION MINUTES explores the four years of high school in the three largest countries on earth -- the U.S., India and China -- by following a girl and boy high school senior in each country. Every child has the same two million minutes of high school. How students and parents allocate that time is wildly different between the three cultures and has profound implications for each country's future |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Ferne Pearlstein [and others] ; music, Eric Lindsay, Robert [Ernest] Hawes ; executive producer, Robert A. Compton ; edited by Chad Heeter |
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Featuring: Neil Ahrendt, Brittany Brechbuhl, Rohit Sridharan, Apoorva Uppala, Jin Ruizhang, Hu Xiaoyuan ; commentators, Richard B. Freeman, Tim Draper, Shirley Ann Jackson, Vivek Paul, Robert Reich, Vivien Stewart, Vivek Wadhwa |
| Event |
Originally produced by Broken Pencil Productions in 2005 |
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Narration in English; interviews in English or Chinese with English subtitles; optional English closed-captioning |
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Education, Secondary -- Cross-cultural studies
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High school students -- United States.
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High school students -- China
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High school students -- India
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Education, Secondary -- United States
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Education, Secondary -- China
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Education, Secondary -- India
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Education, Secondary.
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High school students.
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secondary education.
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Education, Secondary.
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High school students.
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China.
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India.
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United States.
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Internet videos.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Nonfiction films.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Internet videos.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Heeter, Chad, film director, film producer, editor of moving image work.
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Raney, Adam, screenwriter, film producer, screenwriter.
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Pearlstein, Ferne, director of photography.
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Lindsay, Eric, 1980- composer (expression)
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Hawes, Robert, composer (expression)
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Broken Pencil Productions, production company.
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