Film clip gets teacher in hot water (15 Minutes of R-Rated Amistad) [View All]

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A Ridglea Hills Elementary School teacher has been disciplined after showing portions of the R-rated movie Amistad to fifth-grade students during a lesson on slavery.

On Jan. 25, Larue Washington, who has taught for 27 years, apparently showed parts of the movie depicting slaves en route to the Americas, including a scene in which a character was stabbed.

"The teacher in question did show a clip from the movie," said Barbara Griffith, a district spokeswoman. "It was 10 minutes long."

Letters were sent to parents this week explaining what happened, Griffith said.

"I deeply regret that this happened," Principal Sandra Garza wrote in the letter. "The appropriate measures have been taken to ensure that this will not happen again."