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Event
Alphabet / 19th Berlin & Beyond
ALPHABET
Sat., Jan. 31, 2015 11:00 am
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
North American Premiere
109 mins. Documentary Feature Film. Austria, Germany (2013). In German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese with English subtitles
Ninety-eight percent of all children are born highly gifted. After schooling, only two percent remain so." Erwin Wagenhofer approaches the subject of education much more comprehensively and radically than is usually the case. Almost all discussions of education limit themselves to considering those forms of competitive schooling in which pupil-performance is optimized. Wagenhofer, by way of contrast, pursues the thought-structures behind them. What we learn shapes our reserves of knowledge, but it is how we learn that shapes our way of thinking. Alphabet concludes a trilogy that featured We Feed the World and Let's Make Money. It revisits the themes of both, concentrating its lense and magnifying to the point of ignition. Alphabet is Erwin Wagenhofer's most radical film. Berlin International Film Festival
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer
With: Gerald Hüther, Yakamoz Karakurt, Pablo Pineda, Ken Robinson, Thomas Sattelberger
Screenwriters: Sabine Kriechbaum, Erwin Wagenhofer
DoP: Erwin Wagenhofer
World Sales: The Match Factory, Cologne
FILM DIRECTOR'S BIO
Erwin Wagenhofer was born 1961 in Lower Austria. He graduated from the Vienna Institute of Technology and worked for years as camera assistant for various productions, feature films and documentaries. Since 1987 he has been a freelance filmmaker.
**THIS EVENT HAS A STRICT REFUND POLICY. No refunds will be processed by Brown Paper Tickets more than 12 hours after the time of purchase.**
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LocationCastro Theatre (View)
429 Castro Street @ Market
San Francisco, CA 94114
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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