Central Standard: On Education
Dir. Brian Ashby & Ben Kolak
2014
154min, 9 episodes
Five experiences of publicly-funded education in Chicagoland:
Robert / Calumet City
Gina / Chicago Lawn
Natalia / Humboldt Park
Kyle / North Center
Emma / Wilmette
observed in the style of Michael Apted’s Seven Up! series and inspired by Jean Anyon’s 1980 text “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work.”
“Eye-opening, perspicacious documentary filmmaking at its finest, Central Standard addresses the complexities of what a group of thoughtful and genuinely world-aware teens face or are favored with simply by their geography and economic class. Most importantly, it inculcates a profound, lasting and unpretentious empathy with its subjects. You won’t want to let these kids go.” — Chris Ware, Graphic Novelist
A co-production of WTTW11 & Scrappers Film Group, with the support of PBS Digital Studios and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s American Graduate initiative
PBS WORLD Channels national broadcast
WTTW Chicago PBS broadcast
︎︎︎Watch on YouTube
or on TV through the PBS app
Dir. Brian Ashby & Ben Kolak
2014
154min, 9 episodes
Five experiences of publicly-funded education in Chicagoland:
Robert / Calumet City
Gina / Chicago Lawn
Natalia / Humboldt Park
Kyle / North Center
Emma / Wilmette
observed in the style of Michael Apted’s Seven Up! series and inspired by Jean Anyon’s 1980 text “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work.”
“Eye-opening, perspicacious documentary filmmaking at its finest, Central Standard addresses the complexities of what a group of thoughtful and genuinely world-aware teens face or are favored with simply by their geography and economic class. Most importantly, it inculcates a profound, lasting and unpretentious empathy with its subjects. You won’t want to let these kids go.” — Chris Ware, Graphic Novelist
A co-production of WTTW11 & Scrappers Film Group, with the support of PBS Digital Studios and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s American Graduate initiative
PBS WORLD Channels national broadcast
WTTW Chicago PBS broadcast
︎︎︎Watch on YouTube
or on TV through the PBS app
