Pressure Cooker (2008)
A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.
- Date of release
- 2008-01-01
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker
Interesting facts
Pressure Cooker is a 2008 documentary film directed by Mark Becker and Jennifer Grausman.
Background
The film revolves around a teacher of a culinary course, Wilma Stephenson, who has been instrumental in leading her students in working-class Northeast Philadelphia to receive large scholarships for college. The film begins with Stephenson stating that, the year prior, 11 of her seniors has earned more than $750,000 in culinary scholarships.
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