This Teacher

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This Teacher

2018

1h 32m

Drama

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A young Muslim woman's life begins to slip into a nightmare after a reunion with a childhood friend turns sour.

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

A strangely provocative film balanced between social parable and psychological horror, Mark Jackson's This Teacher watches a woman having a breakdown in a world that insists on denying its own madness.

Jun 9, 2020

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Musanna Ahmed

Film Inquiry

This Teacher is both a step forward in representation and a wildly enthralling viewing experience.

Jun 24, 2020

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

It's a film that always seems to know exactly what it's doing, even if Jackson's intent is often baffling to the viewer.

Jun 8, 2020

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Lorry Kikta

Film Threat

This Teacher is an exceptionally written, slyly funny yet emotionally harrowing film that is carried by Hafsia Herzi's incredible performance.

Rated: 9/10

Jun 8, 2020

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Luke Parker

VoiceBoxOffice

The setting is as important a character as Hafsia...never threatening or violent enough to be behind enemy lines, but definitely [different enough] to feel isolating.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 2, 2020

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Herzi commands attention in the central role - her performance offers a similar potency to Helena Howard in Madeline's Madeline - as her character experiences something lurking on the knife-edge between divine revelation and mental breakdown.

Rated: 4/5

May 21, 2020

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Wow. A provocative film in an important historical moment. Pushes viewers to face uncomfortable biases within ourselves. My mind is still reeling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Synopsis

A young Muslim woman's life begins to slip into a nightmare after a reunion with a childhood friend turns sour.

Director: Mark Jackson
Producer: Javier Gonzalez, Gigi Graff, Mark Jackson, Josh Mandel, Dana Thompson
Screenwriter: Mark Jackson, Dana Thompson
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 9, 2020
Runtime: 1h 32m

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