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FREE! Appreciating Diversity Film Series, "Accidental Hero: Room 408"

Accidental Hero plunges the viewer into a San Francisco East Bay multi-racial high school classroom where the focus of these teenagers is winning…bringing home a state championship in a little known academic sport called “forensics”. The art of public speaking... is changing their lives, and Tommie Lindsey, their powerful African-American coach, is proving it. By allowing students to draw on their cultural backgrounds… sometimes pent up pain or anger… The audience experiences the process… from classroom to state championship.

“Accidental Hero is one teacher’s story, and it’s every teacher’s story.  Small miracles are achieved in America’s public schools every day.”  ~ Wayne Johnson, President, California Teachers Association

6:30pm RECEPTION / 7pm SCREENING / 8pm DISCUSSION

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