If You Build It

"Two teachers. Ten students. One epic homework assignment."

Apr 6 2013 Not Rated 1h 25m
Documentary

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.

Plot

IF YOU BUILD IT follows designer-activists 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: it shows ten teenagers the power of design-thinking to re-invent not just their town but their own sense of what's possible.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Patrick Creadon

Cast

Erick Bowen, Rodecoe Dunlow, Kerron Hayes

Crew

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Languages

English

Awards

2 wins total

Scores
# of Votes
215
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
59
Popularity
NA