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During the Spanish Second Republic a group of women are pioneers in the field of public education.
When a kindergarten teacher discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
A pupil becomes infatuated with his teacher.
A teacher creates a climate of fear in the classroom.
A teacher has an affair with one of her pupils.
A teacher under pressure goes to extreme lengths to try to protect young people in his class from bullying.
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker and his emotional support for one of his students.
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
A woman's life begins to slip into a nightmare after a reunion with a childhood friend turns sour.
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