Teach Me (2021)

• 75%
• 2021
• Documentary
• Anna Cottrill

Children at UK schools with individual special educational needs (SEN) make up 14.9% of the student population - a figure that is predicted to rise. So, it raises questions as to why the education system isn't adapting to meet these needs? And how does it feel to be one of these kids stuck in an institution which isn't accommodating you? Teach Me is a documentary which sets out to understand these experiences in the present moment from children who are at the age when school makes up a large portion of their daily experiences. The documentary interviews four children all ages 12 and 13, each of them with individual and overlapping SEN, using childlike paper cut-outs and school supplies to form a stylish stop motion that transports you into the world and minds of Dan, Lydia, Martha and Annie.