Children who don't learn to read are sentenced to a lifetime of struggle.
Too often, if a child is illiterate at the end of third grade, they will fall behind forever. By nine years old, many children are already SENTENCED to the cycles of poverty, prison, and addiction that have devastated generations before them. Our story begins with a heartbreaking look at adults who never learned to read and ends with the children who still have a chance.
The film's tagline is: "Children who don't learn to read are sentenced to a lifetime of struggle."
The runtime is 69 minutes (1h 9m).
The film was directed by Connor Martin.
The screenplay was written by Tony Kriz and Jim Gulian.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt13109134.

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