Best Kept Secret

May 4 2013 Not Rated 1h 25m
Documentary, Drama

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.

Plot

JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs, ranging from those on the autism spectrum to those with multiple disabilities. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate in the spring of 2012, they will leave the security of the public school system forever. Best Kept Secret follows Ms. Mino and her students over the year and a half before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world - a job or rare placement in a recreational center - so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets.

Written by

Zeke Farrow, Samantha Buck, Francisco Bello

Directed by

Samantha Buck

Production Countries

United States of America

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
353
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
100
Popularity
NA