Being and Becoming (2014)
• May 28th, 2014 • 1h 39min
Documentary
Overview
Being and Becoming explore the choice not to school ones children, to trust them and to let them learn freely what they are passionate about. Through four countries, the US, Germany (where it's illegal not to go to school), France and the UK, the film is a truth quest about the natural desire to learn.
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