APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is a feature-length documentary about The Teddy McArdle Free School, where classes are optional and rules are made by democratic vote. Summerhill, founded 90 years ago by A. S. Neill, was the first free school - now there are more than 200 worldwide. Approaching the Elephant chronicles a free school in the making - spanning two years, from Teddy McArdle's first day when there were no rules or classes, through the changing of the school's director and the expulsion of a student by democratic vote, to the last day of the second year, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is an intimate portrait of a small group of people from a range of educational backgrounds, come together to forge a place where children are treated as equals, at liberty to spend their days however they please.
Approaching the Elephant has generally received very positive reviews.
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Approaching the Elephant was released in 2015 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 8 reviews, giving Approaching the Elephant (2015) an average rating of 76%.
With a score of 76%, Approaching the Elephant is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2015, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2015 with similar scores include films like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Little Prince and The Boy and the Beast.
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