Rock School: A Documentary

Forget School of Rock, watch the real thing! When I first saw a preview for Rock School I was under the impression that it was perhaps the true story that School of Rock (a Jack Black movie in which an elementary school teacher teaches his kids to play rock music) was based on. However, when I researched both movies, I could find no correlation. I have never seen School of Rock, but I think that if you liked it, you will love Rock School. And I also believe that if you didn't like it, you will still like this movie. So let me just begin by saying I loved this movie. 

Rock School is a humorous, inspiring, unique documentary that explores Paul Green's Rock School, an after school program in Philadelphia, PA where Paul Green (the focal point of the film), among other music aficionados, teaches children ranging from 9 to 17 years old to play rock music, and to play it well. Paul is not messing around when he teaches these kids. His philosophy is that if you don't treat kids as though they cannot perform a difficult task (such as play a really difficult piece of music), they will be able to do amazing things. Using this philosophy, a weird sense of humor, and plenty of tough love, Paul teaches an elite group of 12 to 17 year old kids to play Frank Zappa music well enough to perform in the huge Zappa tribute concert in Germany called Zappanale.