Pressure Cooker

Inspiring, moving, fun documentary It gets a little lost and repetitive in the middle, but this uplifting documentary of inner-city kidscompeting for scholarships to culinary colleges packs an emotional wallop, and manages to betruly inspiring without being sappy.It’s also full of wonderful characters, starting with their teacher, a sort of drill sergeant with aheart. This is the kind of teacher every kid needs – one who isn’t afraid to be tough as nails,but underneath is flowing over with…

This is a well presented and well directed story of an actual culinary arts program in an inner city high school. The teacher is tough as nails, but has genuine love for her students. She is focused on teaching skills which can take these kids into real, sustainable jobs and maintains a high level of accountability and skill. This results in scholarships for a number of the students, some worth as much as $80,000. It’s a great example of what can be done on shoe string by a teacher and…