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Time for School

Time for School: 2013-2016 puts a human face on an underreported global crisis, by spotlighting the journey of five extraordinary children in five countries as they struggle to get a basic education.

Premiere Date

September 15, 2016

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Nina Chaudry

Producer/Director

Nina Chaudry is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. She was the project director of Chasing the Dream, a public media reporting initiative about poverty in the United States. Previously, she produced a film about the education reformer Michelle Rhee for PBS’s Frontline. She was the senior producer of Women, War & Peace, a five-part PBS series on the strategic role of women in global conflict and peacebuilding. For seven years, she was a producer for the Emmy Award-winning international series Wide Angle, where she worked with independent filmmakers on more than 40 documentaries, covering issues such as the drug-fueled corruption in Colombia, the challenges of fostering democracy in Afghanistan, and efforts to reduce maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Nina has been a judge, panelist, or featured speaker for the Independent Filmmaker Project, Firelight Media, ITVS, POV, the U.N. and several universities.