Although only one hundred and fifty miles from the New Delhi setting of Gandhi’s Children, the prestigious Doon School in Dehradun is an incalculable distance away. One of India’s most highly regarded boarding schools for boys, the Doon School allowed MacDougall to film daily life in its classrooms and, above all, in the living quarters from 1997 to 2000. MacDougall’s patience resulted in a five film cycle, including With Morning Hearts, following a group of boys through their first year in the school. Like MacDougall’s groundbreaking Turkana films, With Morning Hearts offers memorable slices of life, the boys’ complex personalities emerging from their rituals of rivalry, friendship, cruelty and generosity.