A principal walks into a fishing village with a crazy dream: what if everyone could read?
In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.
Acting
Gordon Pinsent's narration — gravel-voiced Newfoundland poetry.
Direction
Handel captures fragile moments without exploitation.
Director
Alan Handel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Newfoundland's cod moratorium hit just months after filming, making this documentary a time capsule of a way of life already vanishing.
Ray Brown's methods were controversial enough that some teachers initially refused to participate — the film soft-pedals this tension.
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