The Principal

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Release Date

10/7/2015

Runtime

4 eps, 220 mins

Genres

Drama Crime

Overview

When history teacher Matt Bashir is promoted to Principal of a notoriously violent Boys' school in Sydney's south-west, his radical approach brings him into conflict and leaves his personal life dangerously exposed. But just when he seems to be making progress, a 17-year-old student is found dead on school grounds.

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Ended

Original Language

English

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A dedicated educator's idealistic reforms collide with institutional inertia and violence as he navigates the dangerous politics of a troubled school, culminating in a crisis that threatens everything he's built. Gripping and morally complex, it interrogates whether individual conviction can survive systemic corruption.