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Best Kept Secret

Directed by Samantha Buck

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US, 2013, 85 min

A Newark, New Jersey high school teacher struggles to prepare her students with autism to survive in the brutal world that awaits them once they graduate.

“An exemplary documentary"

-New York Times (CRITICS' PICK)

Screenings

  • September 5, 2013 @ 7:00pm, September 7, 2013 @ 4:00pm & 6:00pm
  • MIST Harlem
    September 5 screening featuring post-screening Q&A with Director Samantha Buck, producer Danielle DiGiacomo and subject Janet Mino.
  • New York, NY
  • September 6-12, 2013 @ 1:00pm & 5:10pm
  • Laemmle Playhouse 7 (Pasadena)
    Saturday, September 7 @ 5:10 featuring introduction from Dr. Alisa Wolf of Actors for Autism; Sunday, September 8 @ 5:10 featuring post-show Q&A with director Samantha Buck and executive producer Scott Mosier, moderated by Leigh Ann Tipton of the SEARCH Family Resource Center.
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • September 6-12, 2013 @ 4:15pm & 9:55pm
  • IFC Center
  • New York, NY