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To Be Heard

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Chronicles four years in the lives of three teenagers from New York's South Bronx who transform their lives through poetry.

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Mindy Farabee Los Angeles Times The riveting vrit documentary "To Be Heard" tracks three young friends in a Bronx high school whose lives are altered through a poetry workshop bent on teaching the power of self-expression. Rated: 4/5 Nov 4, 2011 Full Review Joe Neumaier New York Daily News This brisk but full documentary about students at a Bronx high school taking a class that promotes literacy and poetry slams is, like its subjects, multifaceted, sometimes sad but ultimately inspiring. Rated: 4/5 Oct 14, 2011 Full Review Sam Adams Time Out Spanning four years, To Be Heard has a large enough scope to map its subjects' rocky road to reinvention, concentrating on various bumps along the way. Rated: 3/5 Oct 11, 2011 Full Review David Greenberg Paste Magazine Well-produced with nice camera work and great sound, To Be Heard is wisely allowed to unfold on its on terms, loosely structured around poetry slams, escalating personal dramas and time between students and teachers. Rated: 8.1/10 Sep 11, 2014 Full Review Marsha McCreadie Film Journal International This documentary about self-empowerment through a poetry-writing program in a rough South Bronx high school pulls us into the lives and struggles of three students who see the program as their only way up and out of a dreary life. They may be right. Jan 6, 2012 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com Puts the hard work of teachers and their students into a realistic context and balanced perspective about the impact of the arts on teenagers' lives. Rated: 7/10 Oct 29, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member PIFF Squandered opportunities given to kids along with a false sense of self. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Chronicles four years in the lives of three teenagers from New York's South Bronx who transform their lives through poetry.
Director
Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer, Amy Sultan, Roland Legiardi-Laura
Producer
Amy Sultan, Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 12, 2011, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 12, 2013
Runtime
1h 27m