Paper Tigers
May 28 2015
•2h 42m
•Documentary
Follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
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Steven
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Dianna
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Aron
Himself
Eternity
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