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The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm

Part of Jane Elliot Collection

1970•25m•8.1/10
DocumentaryTV Movie

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8.1/10(7)

The very first documentary about Jane Elliott's educational experiment about discrimination, which was originally produced for ABC News, in which she conducts an unforgettable lesson with her third-grade class in Riceville, Iowa.

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Jane Elliott

Jane Elliott

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