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Mood:
- CaptivatingThought ProvokingContemplativeSincereTouching
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Plot:
- Fighting the SystemIdealismRighting the WrongedHopesMind and SoulSocietyYouthHardcase Students more...
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Genres:
- IndependentDocumentary
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USA
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- Critically AcclaimedPrestigious AwardsSundance Festival Winner
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- Voice Over
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Waiting for Superman, 2010
English
USA
Profile of Waiting for Superman
Waiting for Superman can be described as thought provoking, captivating, and contemplative. The plot revolves around idealism, righting wrongs, and fighting the system. The main genres are independent and documentary. In terms of style, Waiting for Superman includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in the USA. Waiting for Superman takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being a Sundance Festival winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Waiting for Superman
For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians’ promises, our buckling public-education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children.
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of Waiting for Superman. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying “drop-out factories” and “academic sinkholes,” methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.
However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, and ultimately questioning the role of unions in maintaining the status quo, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have—in reshaping the culture—refused to leave their students behind.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 22 January 2010 |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
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Users Reviews
- 07.February.2011
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- by: Jillian Beane
- Jillian Beane rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 25.September.2010
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- by: indi
- indi rated this movie7/10Good
