School of Hope (2020)
• December 31st, 2020 • 1h 18min
Documentary
Overview
In the vast expanse of desert East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once supported livestock, but now the drought seems to never end. Hardly a blade of grass can be seen, and families travel miles on foot to get water from a muddy hole in the ground. Yet the children willingly ride donkeys and bicycles or walk for miles across rocks to a "school of hope" built of clay. Following both the students and the teachers in the Oulad Boukais Tribe's community school for over three years, SCHOOL OF HOPE shows students Mohamed, Miloud, Fatima, and their classmates, responding with childish glee to the school's altruistic young teacher, Mohamed. Each child faces individual obstacles - supporting their aging parents; avoiding restrictions from relatives based on traditional gender roles - while their young teacher makes do in a house with no electricity or water.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Megg - The Margin Who Migrate to the Center
Released on: 2018-06-09
Documentary
Megg Rayara overcame obstacles that should not exist to get where she is. Get a Doctorate Degree is ...
Sisters
Released on: 1999-05-01
Documentary
Two old sisters, living in the same Warsaw apartment, sit on a bench and talk. The 87-year-old elder...
Children Like Any Other
Released on: 1995-08-01
Documentary
This is a film that shows portraits of three children who lived in Sarajevo during the siege. Throug...
Waiting for "Superman"
Released on: 2010-09-24
Documentary
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment o...
The Island
Released on: 2017-11-15
Documentary
Dos Islas is a poetic story about old age, family and the bond between a granddaughter and a grandmo...
Hashish
Released on: 2002-10-30
Documentary
A small village high up in the mountains of Ketama, Northern Morocco. The life of the people here ha...
Frontier Documentary
Released on: 2023-03-07
Family, Documentary, Drama
An NHS nurse of twenty years reflects on a challenging and strenuous career as time dwindles to her ...
The Story of a Butcher Shop
Released on: 2013-11-29
Documentary
The Kitades run a butcher shop in Kaizuka City outside Osaka, raising and slaughtering cattle to sel...
Let the Child Be the Guide
Released on: 2017-09-27
Documentary
As a young father, watching his daughter go through her life experiences, film director Alexandre Mo...
Circumcision
Released on: 1949-01-01
Documentary
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...
Soaring Over America
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary
Created from public television's popular Over series, this is a tour unlike any other! Fly above lan...
Everywhere I Look
Released on: 2025-03-08
Documentary
A young trans woman travels back to places she visited as a child with her mother, reflecting on mem...
Odyssey
Released on: 2023-10-06
Documentary
Six California kids test their brains and talents against students in Odyssey of the Mind, a problem...
Bambini
Released on: 1960-01-01
Documentary
A working day for a group of young open-pit miners by a quarry in Apulia, Italy.
Spellbound
Released on: 2002-03-14
Documentary
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scrip...
Artificial Roles
Released on: 2025-03-08
Documentary
Artificial intelligence is taking on different roles in the filmmaking space. The questions we must ...