Teacher Guide
Learning goals, teaching notes, and answer keys.
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Choose the format that fits your classroom, then explore the film through focused questions and evidence.
About the Film
Five student entrepreneurs prepare to present their businesses at an international competition. Examine how evidence, resources, and personal storytelling shape a pitch and the documentary’s account of success.
Movie at a Glance
- Release year
- 2021
- Genre
- Entrepreneurship documentary
- U.S. rating
- TV-14 (studio U.S. label)
- Runtime
- Approx. 91 minutes
- Director
- Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster
- Writing / format
- Documentary; no fictional screenplay
- Based on
- Documentary observation of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
- Music
- Jeff Morrow
- Featured participants
- Alondra (Puerto Rico), Daniela (Venezuela/U.S.), Henry (Kenya), Jason (Greece) & Santosh (Nepal)
- Story setting
- Several home countries and Macau · the 2019 competition
Check your edition when planning class periods; cuts and playback speeds can change runtime.
Content to Preview
- News footage of violent unrest includes artillery and a dead body; hurricane destruction is shown.
- Accounts of poverty, civil unrest, and airport detention and deportation.
- Adult drinking, bleeped language, and mild sexual references; the studio lists TV-14.
Preview your edition, follow school viewing and permission policies, and provide an appropriate alternative assignment. Suggested grades 8–12 are Teach Arcade’s classroom recommendation, separate from the film’s U.S. rating.
Classroom Connections
Use scene evidence to explore the topics above. Pair historical portrayals with reliable sources, literary adaptations with their texts, and animated metaphors with appropriate factual context.
Film details, advisories & classroom context: Documentary studio information · Content advisory (spoilers)