{"id":27684,"date":"2026-05-28T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stillirise.org\/?p=27684"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:12:14","slug":"school-of-life-heads-to-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stillirise.org\/en\/news\/school-of-life-heads-to-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Life heads to the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special event screenings<\/h2>\n\n

After moving audiences across Italy with screenings in more than 840 theaters, over 62,000 viewers, and a box office gross of \u20ac392,000*, School of Life<\/em> is now beginning its international journey with its first-ever screenings in the United States.

Bringing the documentary that tells our story beyond Italy\u2019s borders marks both a unique opportunity and an important first step in sharing the stories and lived realities of our students with an even wider audience. At the same time, it helps advance Still I Rise\u2019s mission: making free, world-class education accessible to children everywhere.

Special event screenings will take place on May 28 at the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco<\/a> and on June 1 at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York<\/a>. Nicol\u00f2 Govoni will attend both events, meeting audiences and taking part in Q&A sessions following the screenings.<\/p>\n\n

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A breakout documentary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Released in June 2025, School of Life<\/em> quickly became one of the most talked-about documentaries in Italy, successfully holding its ground against major Hollywood releases such as Superman<\/em> and Jurassic World: Rebirth<\/em>.

Directed by Giuseppe Marco Albano and produced by Groenlandia and Rai Cinema, the film follows Nicol\u00f2 Govoni and the mission of Still I Rise: changing the world through education. Through the voices and faces of children living in some of the world\u2019s most overlooked places, the documentary shows how a revolutionary educational model can become a real chance for a different future.

Honest, intimate, and deeply powerful, the film takes viewers inside a mission built on one essential belief: restoring hope where it once seemed lost.
The documentary received widespread media coverage across Italy, with more than 140 articles and features published during its release period. In Italy, since March 17, 2026, the film has also been available to stream for free on RaiPlay.<\/p>\n\n

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School matin\u00e9e screenings across Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Reaching younger generations and inspiring meaningful change for the future lies at the heart of Still I Rise\u2019s mission. For this reason, we encouraged children and teenagers across Italy to experience School of Life<\/em> through a series of special school matin\u00e9e screenings organized in collaboration with Freak Factory and Circuito Cinema Scuole, involving classrooms in more than 30 Italian cities.

The project officially launched with a nationwide event screening on November 14, 2025, when 150 movie theaters across Italy screened the documentary simultaneously for a total of 16,753 primary and secondary school students.Following the screening, students and teachers took part in a moving live conversation with Nicol\u00f2 Govoni, who joined audiences from Cinema Adriano in Rome while simultaneously connecting with the other 149 theaters nationwide.

The initiative exceeded every expectation in terms of participation and audience engagement, demonstrating once again that every screening of School of Life<\/em> is far more than a film event: it is another step toward a world where free, high-quality education is no longer a privilege, but a right guaranteed to all. <\/p>\n\n

*Still I Rise did not receive any share of the film\u2019s box office revenue.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School of Life makes its U.S. debut with screenings at the Italian Cultural Institutes of San Francisco and New York. 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