To Be Heard

Name: To Be Heard
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 14, 2011
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 82

2011

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ITVS | Release Date: October 14, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: To Be Heard is the story of three teens from the South Bronx whose struggle to change their lives begins when they start to write poetry. As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love, friendship, frustration, and hope, we watch these three youngsters emerge as accomplished self-aware artists, who use theirTo Be Heard is the story of three teens from the South Bronx whose struggle to change their lives begins when they start to write poetry. As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love, friendship, frustration, and hope, we watch these three youngsters emerge as accomplished self-aware artists, who use their creativity to alter their circumstances. (ITVS)… Expand

Director: Amy Sultan and Deborah Shaffer and Edwin Martinez and Roland Legiardi-Laura

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Paul Brunick

Oct 11, 2011

Check your cynicism at the ticket booth. To Be Heard is one of the best documentaries of the year. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Oct 10, 2011

In the end, the power poetry workshops, as the teachers are first to admit, are not about creating Shakespeares. They are about survival. Read full review

Benjamin Mercer

Oct 11, 2011

However uplifting, To Be Heard, shot over the course of several years, takes a surprisingly unflinching look at the home lives of the three high schoolers. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Oct 14, 2011

This brisk but full documentary about students at a Bronx high school taking a class that promotes literacy and poetry slams is, like its subjects, multifaceted, sometimes sad but ultimately inspiring. Read full review

Mindy Farabee

Nov 6, 2011

For how well this finely crafted work captures the pressures of inner-city poverty, single-parent families and abusive relationships, one of its strengths lies in its ability to also gracefully locate the drama in filling out a college application. Read full review

Glenn Heath Jr.

Oct 10, 2011

This arc may sound particularly familiar on paper, but To Be Heard finds the unique passions and heartaches in all three stories, allowing the viewer to become invested in whatever outcome befalls each subject. Read full review

Sam Adams

Oct 11, 2011

Spanning four years, To Be Heard has a large enough scope to map its subjects' rocky road to reinvention, concentrating on various bumps along the way. Read full review

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