TOP ROW

A film by Karin Argoud

DIRECTED BY

Karin Argoud

WRITTEN BY

PRODUCED BY

Karin Argoud

CAST

Travis Rogers and 70 freshman high school choir boys

SYNOPSIS

At Napa High School, in California, a teacher named Travis Rogers has created a place for students to be themselves, a place where they can be free of the masculine stereotypes that culture shackles them with to be: tough, emotionless, and cool. This is a place where boys can be sensitive and emotional, and caring without judgment. Step inside what has become the coolest class on campus – the Freshman Mens’ Choir. The film follows what happens to seventy 14-15 year old freshman boys who can’t sing, when one choir teacher turns them into seasoned choral performers. Watch as they compete like athletes on the playing field of chorus risers to take the Top Row, while discovering themselves, and each other, and a love for singing.

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TOP ROW

DIRECTED BY: Karin Argoud

PRODUCED BY: Karin Argoud

CAST: Travis Rogers and 70 freshman high school choir boys

SYNOPSIS:
At Napa High School, in California, a teacher named Travis Rogers has created a place for students to be themselves, a place where they can be free of the masculine stereotypes that culture shackles them with to be: tough, emotionless, and cool. This is a place where boys can be sensitive and emotional, and caring without judgment. Step inside what has become the coolest class on campus – the Freshman Mens’ Choir. The film follows what happens to seventy 14-15 year old freshman boys who can’t sing, when one choir teacher turns them into seasoned choral performers. Watch as they compete like athletes on the playing field of chorus risers to take the Top Row, while discovering themselves, and each other, and a love for singing.