Paper Tigers to premiere at Seattle International Film Festival

Jane Stevens 5/8/157:30 AM

Paper Tigers will premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) at 7 PM Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in Seattle, WA. SIFF is the largest and most highly attended festival in the U.S.

Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school in Walla Walla, WA, that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, and in the process has become a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families. A story about the school was published on this site in 2012: Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline; suspensions drop 85%

An additional screening will take place at 12:30 PM on Saturday, May 30 at the same location. For ticket information and other details: http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/paper-tigers

The documentary was directed by James Redford. Its executive producer is Karen Pritzker. To view a trailer of the movie, go to PaperTigersMovie.com.

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Jane StevensPublisher, ACEsTooHigh; founder, PACEs Connection

Thanks so much for spreading the word, Kathy!!

5/18/155:03 PM

Kathy BrousMember

Hi Jane,

I so regret missing your Nov 2014 post on "Paper Tigers" and this one May 8 (health problems at my end). I can't thank you enough for all you do on this. To make up for lost time, I'm about to post as below on on my social media (FB, Google+, Twitter etc):

Hit this link and weep with joy (I did): What is a Trauma-Informed School? What does it have to do with the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study? The "Paper Tigers" documentary premiers May 28 at the Seattle International Film Festival -- and as the trailer says, it "captures the pain, the danger, the beauty, and the hopes of struggling teens—and the teachers armed with new science and fresh approaches that are changing their lives." See how to take the ACE Study and put it into practice to uplift traumatized kids. Watch Principal Jim Sporleder and his courageous students turn Lincoln Alternative High in Walla Walla WA from a gang hell hole into a learning space with a 90% decrease in suspensions, 75% decrease in fights, and a five-fold increase in graduation rates. How? By teaching kids to fully feel their emotions instead of act out, only possible by giving them "radical compassion." Here's the link from Jane Stevens at ACEsConnection.com -- and if you don't know what that is, log in and join today: https://www.pacesconnection.com/...-lincoln-high-school

5/18/154:04 PM