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Urban Ed

2025

A grounded, quietly angry slice-of-life that sits with its students' frustration and makes you feel the weight of a system failing them.

Tagline
Inspired by the closure of another inner city school.
Overview
When their small charter school is shut down in the middle of the academic year, a group of at-risk inner city students comes face-to-face with America's broken education system and a world that's full of contradicting lessons.
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • class
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • power
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Wade Wofford
Written by
Wade Wofford
Starring
Kayla Staley, Dalen Noah Davis, Keaton McLachlan, Ace M Small, Nbs Malay, Hillary Jones, Rae-Shan Barclift, Tenille Ja'Nae
Music
Mitali Banda, Reed Sutherland
Cinematography
Kewan J. Harrison
Country
United States of America

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