Detachment A strong cast and good acting punctuate this drama about well-worn themes in contemporary cinema and educational discourse—failed public schools and the teachers allegedly indifferent to the pervasive, seemingly intractable social problems in them. Adrien Brody plays a substitute teacher who, in his one-month stint in a long-suffering public school, encounters teachers barely hanging on to their jobs and vocational motivation, and teenage students struggling with identity problems, abuse, and serious adult dilemmas such as prostitution. Hard-hitting indictment of not just the problems afflicting US public education but also some of the remedies advanced to solve them. 2011; Drama; 100m; Director: Tony Kaye; Writer: Carl Lund; Cast includes Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, Academy Award nominees James Caan, and newcomers Sami Gayle and Betty Kaye. 
The Moment Was Now (World Premiere!) September 13-15 and 20-22 at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church 811 Cathedral St., Baltimore
Written and conceived by longtime labor organizer Gene Bruskin, The Moment Was Now takes you back to 1869 in post-civil war Baltimore during the period of Reconstruction, a moment when America almost did the right thing. Echoing the current moment, the musical centers around the impassioned search for unity among the dynamic leaders of powerful movements, at a meeting convened by Frederick Douglass. Hope hangs in the balance at this turning point in US history. Director and Choreographer Darryl! Moch Musical Director Glenn Pearson, with Chester Burke Featuring: Julia Nixon, Ariel Jacobson, Lecount Holmes, Jenna Rose Stein, Darryl! Moch
More about the moment at www.themomentwasnow.com or on Facebook. Presented by The Cultural Worker Ensemble. Newsies (with special Labor Talkback!) 
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