Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia. It won an Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Documentary Short Subject.
Educating Peter (1992)
Directed by Gerardine Wurzburg / Thomas C. Goodwin
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65th Academy Awards, Academy Award, American, Blacksburg, Classroom, Documentary Short Subject, Down, Independent, Peter, Peter Gwazdauskas, Short, Student, Syndrome, Virginia
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Educating Peter
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