On the Way to School
Directed by Pascal Plisson
An inspiring documentary portrait of children across the globe who overcome extraordinary physical hardships to pursue education, celebrating human resilience and the transformative power of learning.
These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…
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Does On the Way to School end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.
Is On the Way to School scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is On the Way to School violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is On the Way to School easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is On the Way to School sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
