Pressure Cooker

This documentary follows culinary arts teacher Wilma Stephenson and her students through their senior year at Frankford High School in northeast Philadelphia. Excitement builds as they progress toward the finals of the citywide culinary arts competition. Stephenson is a tough teacher whose personal goal is to get scholarships for her students to attend college and eventually to leave the City of Brotherly Love. The viewer sees not only what goes on in the classroom but the lives of three of the students outside of the classroom, including at their senior prom. Bonus features include deleted scenes and updates on the students and their teacher. This fascinating, inspiring, and enjoyable documentary is appropriate for school and public libraries.—Michele Lauer-Bader, Half Hollow Hills Community Lib., Dix Hills, NY