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Sarah Mondale (Director/Producer) President and co-director of Stone Lantern Films, and formerly a public school teacher in New York. She directed and co-produced the award-winning PBS series SCHOOL (2001), PBS primetime films MARCEL PROUST, and ASYLUM which was nominated for an Emmy.
Sep 27, 2017 · Sarah Mondale's latest film, Backpack Full of Cash, which premiered late last year, takes viewers inside public school systems on the east coast to examine how the pivot toward "school...
In 1986, Sarah Patton co-founded Stone Lantern Films with her sister-in-law Sarah Mondale. She served as Executive Producer on the 2017 feature-length documentary BACKPACK FULL OF CASH, narrated by Matt Damon.
Filmmakers Sarah Mondale and Sarah Patton get credit for presenting both sides of a volatile issue. - Jane Schoettle, The Toronto Globe and Mail. A powerful, visually stunning film. Portrays a complex subject in a moving and human fashion. - Charles Ray, Director, National Council of Community Mental Health Centers.
Before the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the appointment of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, filmmakers Sarah Mondale and Vera Aronow couldn’t have known that the national education debate would dramatically shift to the very issues at the heart of their film: charter schools, vouchers and privatization.
Oct 12, 2017 · Sarah Mondale, the film’s director/producer, and Vera Aronow, the editor/producer, explain that they both grew up “with a deep respect for public education — we were taught that it was a cornerstone of American democracy, on par with the Declaration of Independence.”
Narrated by Matt Damon, the feature-length documentary Backpack Full of Cash explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting impact on...
