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If you build it

Follows designer-activist Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives. Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change-resistant school board, Pi...

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Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Docurama, [2015]
Subjects:
Architecture in education.
Architecture and society.
Community and school > North Carolina > Bertie County.
Public spaces > North Carolina > Bertie County > Design and construction.
High school student activities > North Carolina > Bertie County.
Rural development > North Carolina > Bertie County.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Summary: Follows designer-activist Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives. Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change-resistant school board, Pilloton and Miller lead their students through a year-long, full-scale design and build project that does much more than just teach basic construction skills.
Item Description: Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, widescreen.
Audience: Rating: Not rated.

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