The Bad Kids is a 2016 English-language Documentary motion picture written by Michal Jacaszek and directed by Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe and Lou Pepe and produced by Keith Fulton, Ted Dintersmith, Donna Gruneich, Kevin Gruneich, Ari Ioannides, Christine Ioannides and Molly O Brien under the banner of Low Key Pictures in collaboration with In association with Filmmaker Fund. A group of teachers at a Mojave Desert high school take an unconventional approach to improve the lives of their struggling students. The music was composed by Michael Jacaszek. Cinematography was done by Lou Pepe and editing by Jacob Bricca and Mary Lampson. The film has a running time of 101 minutes. It was released on 23rd December 2016 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The movie made a box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by FilmRise. At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival It won an award for Documentary.