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"Shakespeare's
Children"
 Filmmaker
Kate Kline May began teaching drama as a volunteer in her own children's
ethnically diverse public elementary school in 1991. Working with
fourth through sixth graders and their teachers, May created a unique
in-class performing arts program. The program attracted national
attention, gaining continued funding and more than 1,000 students
in four years.
This documentary captures
scenes from 10 weeks in two classes of the Shakespeare Project at
Malcolm X Public School in Berkeley during preparation for a performance
of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream." Diverse in
age and ethnic background and coming in many cases from troubled
homes and neighborhoods, the student performers put aside their
differences and problems, finding their own lives reflected in Shakespeare's
timeless themes.
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