If You Build It

Name: If You Build It
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-04-06
Rating: 7

Two teachers. Ten students. One epic homework assignment.

Documentary1h 25m

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78%

Tomatometer

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88%

Popcornmeter

7.0

TMDB

Storyline

A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.

Details

DirectorPatrick Creadon

ReleasedApr 6, 2013

StatusReleased

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Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

Tirdad Derakhshani

RTPhiladelphia InquirerMar 7, 2014

An inspiring, educational, highly enjoyable documentary from director Patrick Creadon, best known for 2008's I.O.U.S.A., which chronicled America's less-than-healthy fiscal condition.

Loren King

RTBoston GlobeFeb 27, 2014

The film is about innovation inside and outside the classroom and the transformative power of good teaching.

Walter V. Addiego

RTSan Francisco ChronicleFeb 27, 2014

[Creadon] probably errs on the side of advocacy here. But give him credit for acknowledging that idealistic endeavors don't always pay off.

Bernard Boo

RTWay Too IndieApr 3, 2019

It's a limited viewpoint of a much larger, high-stakes issue.