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ST DECLANS AND THE MAGIC CHAIR

By Gregory RUZZIN

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Documentary - Completed 2023

Combining documentary footage with animated shorts, “St. Declan’s and The Magic Chair” invites you inside a tiny school in Dublin, Ireland where children failed by mainstream education discover self-confidence and their own unique abilities.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 71 mn
- Director(s)
- Gregory RUZZIN
- Synopsis
- Weaving together documentary footage and animated short films made by the children themselves, “St. Declan’s and THE MAGIC CHAIR” takes you inside an innovative school in Dublin, Ireland where children who have been failed by mainstream education discover self-confidence and their own unique abilities. Meeting each student as their needs require, inspired teachers unlock the children’s trust and passion for learning with empathy and kindness. Chronicling a year at the school, the film is a moving portrait of education’s highest values: passion, trust, and above all, hope.