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2 Million Minutes Education Six Pack

Now the complete collection of Robert A. Compton’s six feature length documentary films is available in a single package. No other source covers this range of global education issues, challenges and opportunities.

The Finland Phenomenon

Finland's education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, along with Harvard researcher, Dr. Tony Wagner, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured in a new film, "The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System".

Two Million Minutes: The Documentary

Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately Two Million Minutes until high school graduation…Two Million Minutes to build their intellectual foundation…Two Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately career…Two Million Minutes to go from a teenager to an adult.

2MM in India: A Deeper Look at Indian Education

In 2007 the provocative documentary film Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, China and the U.S., the film raised awareness and rattled cages from Harvard to the halls of power.

2MM in China: A Deeper Look at Chinese Education

In 2007 the provocative documentary film Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, China and the U.S., the film raised awareness and rattled cages from Harvard to the halls of power.

Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution

For 25 years, report after report has shown that American students are falling further and further behind the rest of the world intellectually. As the American public school system fails to adapt to this century, schools in China and India produce four times the number of high school graduates as the U.S. and educate these students to a much higher level.

Two Million Minutes DVD Box Set

This film collection takes a deeper look at how the three superpowers of the 21st Century - China, India and the United States - are preparing their students for the future. As we follow two students - a boy and a girl - from each of these countries, we compose a global snapshot of education, from the viewpoint of ki

A Right Denied

Whitney Tilson and True South Studios present A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine Education Reform. Education reformer Whitney Tilson gives the most in-depth exploration of the achievement gap between America's minority students and their white peers ever committed to film. More importantly, he also presents us with a way forward… if we're willing to listen.

China Wins

The world’s largest and most lucrative business-plan competition is held... not in the United States or in any western country, but in communist China. Beyond the 1.3 billion Chinese, the competition goes largely unnoticed in the rest of the world. But in communist China the competition, aptly named Win in China, is broadcast on national TV.

Sole of a Hustla

"Five black men up from the Memphis streets, had a dream to start and build their own business. All they had was heart, soul and hustle." Now from acclaimed documentary producer, Robert A. Compton, comes a film about the unique challenges of entrepreneurship for young African Americans - Sole of a Hustla.

Blogging Through India by Robert A. Compton

Before the documentary film Two Million Minutes, there was a book where Bob Compton captured his first impressions of exotic, emerging India. Written and photographed in 2005, Blogging Through India let's you see this engaging country through the eyes of Two Million Minutes' creator and Executive Producer.

The 21st Century Solution Poster

Full-size, 27X40 poster for the film

2 Million Minutes Poster

Full-size, 27X40 poster for the film.