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May 25 2008, AP

The French film “The Class” has won top honors at the Cannes Film Festival.The frank tale about classroom life uses real students and teachers at a junior high school”The Class,” directed by Laurent Cantet, is shot in a raw, improvisational style to...

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Chaperones, foreground, watch as Jennifer Song, background facing camera, associate educator at the Museum of Modern Art conducts a gallery tour for sixth through eighth grade students of the Wanaque Elementary School, Wanaque, N.J., Tuesday, May 13,...