A Touch of Greatness

A Touch of Greatness

A film by Leslie Sullivan

A Touch of Greatness (2004) is a bolt of lightning disguised as a documentary. Director Leslie Sullivan and producer Catherine Gund train their lens on Albert Cullum, a force-of-nature elementary school teacher who blew the roof off Rye, New York public schools by handing Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Whitman directly to seven-year-olds and compelling them to feel it. 

 

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Director

Leslie Sullivan

Producer

Catherine Gund

Runtime

54 minutes

Rights Represented

Educational

Captions Available

English

Language

English

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Festival & Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival 2004 — Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary

Ohio Independent Film Festival 2004 — Best Documentary

Margaret Mead Film Festival (November 2004) — Opening Night Film

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