FILM SCREENING: “GO PUBLIC” shows the good, bad of public schools
Ivie Sherman loves education movies. As a teacher at Redondo Union High School as well as a private tutor, she often seeks out films that throw public education into the public eye. When Sherman saw an ad for “GO PUBLIC,” a 90-minute documentary portraying a day in the life of public schools in Pasadena, California, she was instantly struck. “I heard about it in the California Educator Magazine,” said Sherman. “It sparked my interest. Then I learned that the only way to see it is to sponsor a screening. You have to sell the tickets, promote the screening and be at the event.” Sherman immediately submitted a proposal to host a screening in Redondo Beach and was approved in early January. Her screening is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the AMC South Bay Galleria theater. “It’s interesting because I can’t see the film until the screening,” she said. “And I have to sell all of the 74 tickets by February 25 in order for the screening to happen.” “GO PUBLIC” was made by Dawn and Jim O’Keefe, a couple who has been married 28 years and have four children who attended public school in Pasadena. The O’Keefes, both film and television veterans, sought to portray the successes…
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