''A Space to Grow'' is a 1968 American
short documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
produced by
Thomas P. Kelly Jr. about
Upward Bound
Upward Bound is a federally funded educational program within the United States. The program is one of a cluster of programs now referred to as Federal TRIO Programs, TRiO, all of which owe their existence to the federal Economic Opportunity Act ...
programs in
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
. It was nominated for an
Academy Award
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for
Best Documentary Short.
See also
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List of American films of 1968
This is a list of American films released in 1968.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 1968, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by '' The Numbers'', are as follows:
January–March
April–June
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References
External links
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*Watch
A Space to Grow' at the
Chicago Film Archives
Chicago Film Archives (CFA) is a regional moving image archive located in Chicago, Illinois. CFA is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to identifying, collecting, preserving and providing access to films that reflect Chicago and the M ...
''A Space to Grow''at the
National Archives and Records Administration
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1968 films
1968 short documentary films
American short documentary films
Documentary films about education in the United States
Documentary films about Chicago
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
English-language short documentary films
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