FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2011 Please contact me and consider using the following information in your publication. Thank you for your time! THE WAR ON KIDS TO AIR INTERNATIONALLY ON THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL * * * * * * * * * THE WAR ON KIDS, which was featured on The Colbert Report and MSNBC will be broadcast in France, Benelux, East-Central Europe, Turkey, Greece and Asia on The Sundance Channel in February of 2011. International interest has been piqued in response to the film’s unique perspective and the enthusiastic press and public reaction. THE WAR ON KIDS is a 95 minute documentary that shows how American public schools continue to become more dangerously authoritarian. In addition to failing in their mission to educate effectively, they erode the country's democratic foundation and often resemble prisons. School children are interviewed as are high school teachers and administrators, as well as prison security guards, plus renowned educators and authors. Unlike other recent films which blame people who work at schools for the profound shortcomings in education, THE WAR ON KIDS is the only film that shows how the very model of public school is responsible for undermining the best intentions of parents, teachers, administrators and students. Efforts to reform and improve schools have always failed and will continue to fail because no one wants to change the fundamental design where hoards of kids are removed from society, segregated by age, and forced to endure an authoritarian environment where they have no rights, no voice, and are not permitted to study things that interest them. The consequence of these failures has resulted in the emergence of an even more oppressive environment where schools increasingly resemble prisons and students are deprived of virtually all civil rights. Ultimately, THE WAR ON KIDS warns that this approach will have consequences that adversely affect democracy and society at large. “A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction” NY Times “A startling wake-up call about appalling conditions in American schools” – Variety “A must-see documentary” – The Huffington Post THE WAR ON KIDS is directed by Cevin Soling who won the NYIIFVF award for "best educational film." Cevin has directed and produced a number of films, including: A HOLE IN THE HEAD, which was broadcast on Discovery and The Learning Channel, and BORIS THE DOG which broadcast on both MTV and the BBC. # # # # # # Contact: Paul Anson 212-807-0290 info@spectaclefilms.com www.thewaronkids.com   This email was brought to you by 2spr.com, the premier internet marketing agency. For more information contact chris@2spr.com me from this contact list