Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of 6 million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect 6 million paper clips to better understand the enormity of the calamity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community.
So moving. Restores my faith in people and education - so beautiful. Everyone should follow their example so we all continute to find ways to honour and tolerate others to the best of our abilities.
Closed my eyes and scrolled through my NetFlix queue and let it stop randomly and this is what came up. I'm glad I finally am watching this, as it is really neat.
This was a good Docu. All about the Holocaust and how a group of kids learnt about it. And found a way to visualise it with 6 million paper clips. Well worth a watch.
One of the most powerful and healing documentaries touching upon the immeasurable loss of life wrought during the Holocaust. It centers on a class of schoolchildren who undertake a project involving... more
One of the most powerful and healing documentaries touching upon the immeasurable loss of life wrought during the Holocaust. It centers on a class of schoolchildren who undertake a project involving representing each life lost during the holocaust with a paper clip; it becomes a national phenomenon.
Amazing documentary about how a school in Tennessee collects 6 million paper clips to represent those killed in the holocaust in order to understand the enormity of that horrendous event.
Quite a moving documentary about students at a Tennessee middle school. Struggling to understand the enormity of the Holocaust they collect 6 million paper clips to grasp the concept.