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The Sheenway Experience Tough Love
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Dolores Sheen runs the Sheenway School and Culture Center in the Watts section of Los Angeles, where poverty, racism, and lack of opportunity breed violence. In addition to academics, "Aunt Dolores...
Dolores Sheen runs the Sheenway School and Culture Center in the Watts section of Los Angeles, where poverty, racism, and lack of opportunity breed violence. In addition to academics, "Aunt Dolores," as she is called, teaches the children social survival skills, personal responsibility, and accountability. Sheen instills responsibility by asking students to reflect on the consequences of negative behavior. Students share their experiences at Sheenway, along with their personal aspirations for the future.
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- Creator
- Moira Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1996
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (32 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn870312482
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on November 19, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- American Families Under Siege (1:37) -- Watts Struggles to Survive (2:12) -- Sheenway School and Culture Center (2:00) -- A Village Raises a Child (2:35) -- Learning Social Skills (2:31) -- Interview with Latasha (2:02) -- Interview with Edward (2:24) -- Field Trips (1:52) -- Meeting the Budget and More (2:56) -- A Serious Infraction (3:57) -- Learning the Hard Way (2:06) -- I Am (2:16) -- Contributing to Society (1:35) -- Credits: The Sheenway Experience: Tough Love (1:08)