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The Gifted Education Program (GEP, pronounced 'Jeep' or 'GE-P') is a nation-wide, public education program catering to the top 1% of each cohort in Singapore, as determined by two rounds of tests. It was first implemented in 1984. This amateur documentary features interviews with former GEP students, teachers and parents and these informal conversations cover a wide range of topics, including the academic aspects (pedagogy, curriculum) of the program, the racial/ethnic composition of the cohort, the social environment of the GEP community, the behavioural tendencies of GEPpers that may give rise to certain stereotypes about them, and so on. This documentary was not commissioned by any institution; it was not done for university course credit or for profit. None of the interviewees received any payment for their contributions. This documentary is also by no means a 'scientific' or expert appraisal of the program; the interviewee-sample is also highly unrepresentative (more details in the credits, but briefly: 1987-born GEPs are overrepresented, not all GEP centres are represented, despite efforts in that respect, GEPs now working in certain professions like the civil service also generally declined to be interviewed). This documentary is an independent venture done for fun, with the kind support of Professor Tan Ern Ser and the Media Development Lab at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). Thanks to their support, the ...