WHATEVER IT TAKES
THE FILMTHE MAKING OFTHE FILMMAKERTALKBACK
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In the first year of a South Bronx public high school, visionary and rookie principal Edward Tom leads a dedicated group of teachers, students, and parents in their biggest gamble yet.
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A man in a suit and a girl in a school uniform sit at desks in a classroom looking at each other

The Making Of:

“Since principal Edward Tom and I had been friends for years, he trusted me completely — even when I said that there was a good chance that I’d have to show him falling on his face and failing miserably.”   More >>

The Filmmaker:

“There’s no other career that I could ever choose over documentary filmmaking. I like to listen, to observe, and to ask questions, and being a documentarian is the perfect marriage of those three things.”   More >>		 Christopher Wong filming with a camera and wearing headphones

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