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Season 18 Episode 12 - The Hobart Shakespeareans
The Hobart Shakespeareans of Hobart Boulevard Elementary School is a 2005 documentary film that tells the story of the inspirational inner-city Los Angeles school teacher Rafe Esquith whose rigorous fifth-grade curriculum includes English, mathematics, geography, and literature. The pinnacle of student achievement each year is the performance of a play by William Shakespeare; in the year of filming, that play was Hamlet. The Hobart Shakespeareans drew the attention of renowned Shakespearean actors Ian McKellen and Michael York, who pay a visit to the class to watch their performance of Hamlet. Delighted with the students, York calls the Hobart Shakespeareans "one of the great Shakespeare troupes" in Los Angeles. Rafe and the Hobart Shakespeareans work hard every year to achieve a beautiful Shakespeare play. The recent plays they have performed were As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice. The Hobart Shakespeareans aired on PBS' P.O.V. series in 2005. It was produced and directed by Mel Stuart.
Episodes in Season 18
Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed
60 min
The Education of Shelby Knox
60 min
Big Enough
60 min
Street Fight
60 min
The Fire Next Time
60 min
The Brooklyn Connection
60 min
The Self-Made Man
60 min
In the Realms of the Unreal
60 min
Hardwood
60 min
Bright Leaves
60 min
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
60 min
The Hobart Shakespeareans
60 min
Omar & Pete
60 min
A Thousand Words
60 min
A Song for Daniel
60 min
I Used to Be a Filmmaker
60 min
