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American Teacher Premieres in Tucson
American Teacher is a new documentary directed by Academy Award-winner Vanessa Roth, narrated by Matt Damon, and produced by former classroom teacher Nínive Calegari and author Dave Eggers. It is based on The New York Times bestseller Teachers Have It Easy: the Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers, and is part of a nonprofit called The Teacher Salary Project, which examines the nation's teaching profession through the eyes and experiences of teachers themselves.
The film will be screened at The Loft Cinema at 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard in Tucson, December 16 - 22. With the opening of this film, The Loft will begin offering a "Teachers' Discount" admission rate of $7. This rate will be good year round for all regularly-scheduled shows beginning December 16, 2011. In addition, the theater is willing to give a group discount of $5 per ticket to organizations that purchase more than 10 tickets at a time.
Be sure to see the Tucson premiere of American Teacher. Tickets are available online after December 13.
Learn more about American Teacher at americanteachermovie.org and visit Facebook and Twitter to help spread the word about this film.
Read Across America is March 2, 2012
The theme is green for a very special 2012 Read Across America celebration. NEA's Read Across America campaign will showcase The Lorax book as well as NBC/Universal's The Lorax (featuring the voices of Taylor Swift, Zach Efron, Danny Devito and Betty White). For a sneak peek, here's the latest trailer. The film opens nationwide March 2, 2012 and Universal, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, and Random House have joined NEA's Read Across America, creating new posters and classroom guides for the campaign. Read Across America will also develop new event ideas and materials to help you make this a Seussational celebration. Go to nea.org/readacross for resources and materials.
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