Film Discussion: World Peace & Other 4th Grade Achievements
Wed, Sep 30
|Virtual Theatre
This inspiring documentary reveals how a wise, loving teacher can unleash students’ full potential. Now screening in our Virtual Theatre! Online Q&A with John Hunter & Chris Farina on September, 30th, 1pm (EDT).


Time & Location
Sep 30, 2020, 1:00 PM
Virtual Theatre
About the event
Join us September 30th, 1pm (EDT), for an online discussion with Author/Educator John Hunter and Filmmaker Chris Farina, RSVP for Link.
World Peace and Other Fourth-Grade Achievements (2010).
Our Radical Pedagogy Series begins with an award-winning documentary from director Chris Farina and Rosalia Films, that interweaves the story of John Hunter, an inspiring teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students’ participation in the World Peace Game: an eight-week immersive experience he created that transforms the children into empowered citizens of the world. Watch the film directly from our website: https://www.epsilonspires.org/world-peace
The film traces how Hunter’s unique teaching career emerges from his own diverse background. An African-American educated in the segregated schools of rural Virginia, where his mother was his 4th grade teacher, he was selected by his community to be one of seven students to integrate a previously all-white middle school. After graduation, he traveled extensively to China, Japan, and India,…