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Sep 15, 2013 · Around the Block: Toronto Review. Christina Ricci stars as an impassioned American teaching Shakespeare to indigenous Australian teens in this drama from writer-director Sarah Spillane.
Sep 19, 2013 · Toronto Film Review: ‘Around the Block’. An attention-grabbing performance by Hunter Page-Lochard is the major selling point of Sarah Spillane's cliche-ridden high school-set...
An American teacher (Christina Ricci) in Australia hopes to inspire her at-risk students by launching a version of "Hamlet" with a predominantly Aboriginal cast. Fandango at Home Prime Video. Rent...
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Jul 31, 2014 · Though Page-Lochard manages to make his passive participation in violence compelling, “Around the Block” remains more lecture than drama about racism and its tragic consequences.
- Inkoo Kang
Aug 1, 2014 · But appealing performances, a few tweaks to the clichés of the genre, and a sincere desire to counter outrageous racism go a long way toward making this worth a look.
The film's musty premise, about a novice instructor trying to deter an Aboriginal student from crime with Shakespeare, renders it the cinematic equivalent of warmed-over soup from the school ...
There are so many others. Now, there is Around the Block, a gem of a film from writer/director Sarah Spillane that had its world premiere at TIFF and is now opening on August 1st in Los Angeles at the Arena Cinema in Hollywood with distribution by indie distrib Random Media.
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