(USA, 2016, 52 min., color, DVD, NR) Class of ’27 takes an in-depth look at the people who overcome considerable odds to bring early education to impoverished rural America. The film focuses on students, educators, parents, and guardians in three locations: Owsley County, KY, the poorest county in the U.S.; farm workers following the growing season in the Western states; and White Earth Reservation, the largest and poorest Native American reservation in Minnesota. Shot in observational form, the film brings into stark relief the beauty and poverty of these distinctly American settings, and the challenges facing our youngest students, their families and school systems. – ITVS.org