Pressure Cooker (2008 film)
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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.{{ cite news |title=Pressure Cooker |url=http://www.ifccenter.com/films/pressure-cooker/ |work=IFC Center }} The film begins with Stephenson stating that, the year prior, 11 of her seniors has earned more than $750,000 in culinary scholarships. As the crew follows the students for the length of year, the students learn, expand their abilities, and compete in cutthroat competitions to earn enough in scholarships to pursue their dreams.{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/movie/pressure-cooker/|title = Pressure Cooker}}
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External links
- [http://www.takepart.com/pressurecooker Pressure Cooker official site]
- {{IMDb title|id=1185833|title=Pressure Cooker}}
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Category:Documentary films about education in the United States
Category:2008 documentary films
Category:Participant (company) films
Category:Documentary films about Philadelphia
Category:Education in Philadelphia
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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