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      The Right to Read

      2023 1h 20m Documentary List
      Reviews When a child can't read, their chances of incarceration, homelessness, and unemployment increase. That's why Oakland-based NAACP activist Kareem Weaver believes literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time and is fighting for better reading instruction. "What good is winning the right to vote if we can't even read the ballot?" Fed up with the bleak reading scores in his own community, Kareem files a petition with the Oakland Unified School District demanding change. Read More Read Less

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      Synopsis When a child can't read, their chances of incarceration, homelessness, and unemployment increase. That's why Oakland-based NAACP activist Kareem Weaver believes literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time and is fighting for better reading instruction. "What good is winning the right to vote if we can't even read the ballot?" Fed up with the bleak reading scores in his own community, Kareem files a petition with the Oakland Unified School District demanding change.
      Director
      Jenny Mackenzie
      Producer
      LeVar Burton, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, Katy Drake Bettner, Amy Redford, Allison Gushee Molkenthin, Scott Anderson, Jesselie Anderson, Justin Olson, Chi Kim
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 20m