In theaters: May 27, 2009 - Pressure Cooker highlights two semesters in the culinary arts class of Wilma Stephenson, an irreverent high school teacher in Northeast Philadelphia whose no-holds-barred teaching style helps her students earn scholarships to college. Mrs. Stephenson spells it out on the first day of school by telling the newcomers that 11 members of last years class earned over three quarters of a million dollars in scholarships, a staggering amount. She offers her students her version of the American Dream: You choose a realistic goal. You work hard. You work the system. You get out of Northeast Philly.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker
Cast: Wilma Stephenson, Erica Gaither, Tyree Dudley, Fatoumata Dembele
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