Photo courtesy of thelastclassfilm.com
When community advocate Tom McMahon first saw the film The Last Class screened in Allentown, he went about making sure that it was shown in Reading as well, selecting the Albert & Eunice Boscov Theater at Goggleworks as the perfect venue. The film has multiple showings April 3-9.
“I wish everyone who teaches or is thinking of teaching as a career would see this film to learn what Reich brought to his class,” said Tom McMahon, former mayor of the City of Reading.
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling.
The Last Class captures a master educator wrestling with the dual realities of his own aging and his students inheriting a world out of balance. Reich confronts the impending finality with unflinching candor, humor, introspection, and a rawness of emotion he has never shared publicly before.
One thousand students fill the biggest lecture hall on campus — the last class to receive Reich’s wisdom and exhortations not to accept that society has to stay the way it is. His final assignment: Who will be the teachers of tomorrow?
“Who are the teachers today? Who is trying to make sense of the common experiences? Are there people around who are interpreting what we have learned? I’m not sure there are. And that worries me.” **
“At least some of you are going to devote some of your attention and some of your time and some of your life to making the world better. I believe in your capacities. I believe in your commitment. I believe in you.” **
** Robert Reich in The Last Class
Running Time: 71:20
View showtimes and tickets at The Last Class – GoggleWorks.
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