Using an inner-city school to experiment with a new and unconventional education approach is the focus of the independent film “The New Public.” Filmed over four years, “The New Public” follows first-time principal, James O’Brien, and his staff as they undertake a new and unconventional approach of emphasizing strong individual support and arts-based nontraditional instruction at a small public high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The 87-minute film goes in and out of the classroom to follow students, parents and educators striving to reconcile idealism with reality and make a difference in the futures of young people whose lives are stark representations of the country’s education and opportunity gaps.