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This film follows the determination of a charismatic north Minneapolis school principal, Mauri Melander Friestleben, as she sets out to undo history. Lucy Laney Elementary had been at the bottom of Minnesota’s list of underperforming schools for two decades — in the state with the largest achievement gap between black and white children in the US. Under Friestleben’s leadership, standardized test scores began rising for the first time, but when the school encounters a heartbreaking setback, Friestleben is forced to confront the true measure of student success.

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