“Like a good classroom topic, the film will inspire debates beyond the room where it's seen.”
The School in the Cloud
by Jerry Rothwell • 2018 • 85’ • UK
Credits
Director:
Jerry Rothwell
Producers:
Al Morrow
Dan Demissie
What is the future of education in a networked world? TED Prize-winning scientist Sugata Mitra installs an unmanned Internet kiosk in a remote Bengali village to pioneer “A School in the Cloud”. As children encounter the Internet for the first time, will they be able to use it to transform their futures?
Festivals
CPH:Dox 2018 [World Premiere]
Seoul Eco Film Festival 2018
Visioni dal Mondo 2018
Bergen International Film Festival 2018
Heartland Film Festival 2018
DOC NYC 2018
Warsaw International Film Festival 2018
Reviews
“Like a good classroom topic, the film will inspire debates beyond the room where it's seen.”
— The Guardian
“The School in the Cloud is a portrait of a positive idealist at work, and of an idea that can potentially create positive change for millions of children.”
— Filmuforia
Filmmaker’s Biography
Jerry Rothwell is a filmmaker whose work includes the award-winning feature documentaries: THE REASON I JUMP, based on the bestselling book by Naoki Higashida; THE SCHOOL IN THE CLOUD, about radical educationalist and TED Prize-winner Sugata Mitra; HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD, about the founders of Greenpeace; SOUR GRAPES (co-directed with Reuben Atlas) a film about a wine counterfeiter; TOWN OF RUNNERS, about two girls in an Ethiopian village who aspire to be athletes; DONOR UNKNOWN, about a sperm donor and his many offspring; HEAVY LOAD, about a group of people with learning disabilities who form a punk band; and DEEP WATER (co-directed with Louise Osmond), about Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated voyage in the 1968 around-the-world yacht race. His work has won numerous accolades including two Grierson Awards, a Sundance Special Jury Prize, an RTS Award, the IDA Pare Lorentz Award, and a BAFTA nomination.
Executive Producers:
Ted Dintersmith, Tabitha Jackson, Stewart Le Marechal, Richard Ray Perez, Jonny Persey, Lynda Weinman
