Sylvia

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
Price range: $

Sylvia Ashton-Warner's childhood was spent in poverty. Her father was crippled. Her mother, with nine other children, taught at an endless succession of schools, to which her growing family trailed after her, sharing hardships and domestic...

New Zealand Production

Feature 1985 Drama 105.00 minutes

The memorable, true story of New Zealand woman, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who overcame many obstacles to become an internationally acclaimed teacher and a best selling writer. Sylvia tells the real story of the most crucial years of her life, when she was living in a remote Maori settlement in the North Island of New Zealand, and developing a revolutionary method of teaching which was to bring her to world attention.