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Night School
Directed by
Andrew Cohn
Not Rated
2016
85m
Documentary
7.1
95%
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A documentary about three students determined to graduate from their high school in Indianapolis, despite the fact that the institution has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country.
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Cast of Night School
Greg Henson
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Shynika Jakes
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Melissa Lewis
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Night School Ratings & Reviews
The Film Stage
John Fink
Night School is a triumphant and affecting film that explores the issue of inequality beyond the usual political, paternal talking points.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
We live in a culture that tends to give up for good on dropouts. Greg, Melissa, and Shynika are living proof that there's no expiration date on "back to school."
Shockya.com
Harvey S. Karten
An honest, feel-good look at the ambition of three former dropouts determined to earn a full-scale high school diploma.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Cohn merely chronicles three unforgettable people, the kind who are imminently easy to root for, and allows us to realize that they're not that different from us or the legions like them trying to better themselves.
AwardsCircuit.com
Shane Slater
Andrew Cohn's observational style is worthy of praise ... but unlike the Black Lives Matter movement alluded to in the film, his approach is ultimately too passive.
Film Threat
Bradley Gibson
It may surprise you to find that rage and hope can happen simultaneously in your mind, but Andrew Cohn's documentary Night School will show you how that works.
NUVO Newsweekly
Sam Watermeier
Nothing seems staged or manipulative here. All of these moments emerge organically and feel achingly real, reminding us of the magic in documentary filmmaking.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The high school diploma is accepted by the film too conveniently as a problem-solving MacGuffin.
Paste Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
Cohn's film is ultimately a genuinely inspiring one, noteworthy in the way it achieves its uplift honestly and without sentimentality.
TheIndependentCritic.com
Richard Propes
Captured the Heartland Film Festival's prize for Best Documentary Feature.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Cohn's slickly edited verit-style storytelling lets each person's humanity rise to the top, just enough to mix expected poignancy with a simple clarity about the struggles of low-income, opportunity-challenged souls.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Feeling particularly relevant these days because of the ever-growing obstacles faced by less-educated people struggling for economic gains, the moving film depicts the American dream in action.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
A movie about large setbacks and small triumphs, and the grit that takes you from one to the other.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
As an introduction to its arresting, charismatic subjects, Night School is invaluable.
The Nation
Stuart Klawans
If you accept Cohn's invitation to watch their herculean labors, you understand that Lewis, Henson, Jakes, and millions of others live full-time on the cliff's edge of defeat.
Film Inquiry
Arlin Golden
Night School does a good job in fighting negative preconceptions about adult education by showing the type of character and conviction of a person who's apt to succeed.
Counterpunch.org
Louis Proyect
I have over 1000 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and this is the first one that uses that overused word "inspirational". A great work for a period when the government views the film's subjects as superfluous.
Film Journal International
David Noh
A wonderfully trenchant and moving doc about three souls in search of a diploma.
We Got This Covered
Lauren Humphries-Brooks
Night School exposes the individualism of poverty and the power that education can bring to the powerless.
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Sarah Boslaugh
Cohn gives full attention to both the personal and systemic aspects of [these students'] struggles.
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