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Pressure Cooker.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
Pressure Cooker. DVD. 99 min. Prod by Non Sequitar Prods. Dist. by First Run Features. 2009, 2010 release. $125.
Gr 9 Up--In the opening of this powerful Emmy-nominated film, culinary arts teacher Wilma Stephenson arrives at Frankford High School before dawn. Her first task is to unlock a glass display case and fill it with her students' cooking trophies. She removes them again in the evening--it is her daily routine. This sequence perfectly encapsulates a film about a crime-ridden Philadelphia school and the teacher who protects and champions her students. The film follows one of Stephenson's cooking classes throughout her year of scolding and haranguing the teens ("my …
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Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports
October 21, 2009
700+ words
