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Waiting for Superman - Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Bill Strickland, Davis Guggenheim
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Movie propaganda
Film-maker 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 sink-holes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film documentary education school USA student teacher family
Persons of interest
- The Black Family .... Themselves
- Geoffrey Canada .... Himself
- The Esparza Family .... Themselves
- The Hill Family .... Themselves
- George Reeves .... Superman (archive footage)
- Michelle Rhee .... Herself
- Bill Strickland .... Himself
- Randi Weingarten .... Herself
- Davis Guggenheim .... Screenwriter
- Billy Kimball .... Screenwriter
- Davis Guggenheim .... Director
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- Awards and film festivals:
- National Board of Review, USA 2010: Won: Best Documentary
- International Press Academy Golden Satellite Awards 2010: Nominated: Best Motion Picture, Documentary
- Sundance Film Festival 2010: Won: Audience Award Documentary (Davis Guggenheim); Nominated: Grand Jury Prize Documentary (Davis Guggenheim)
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Theatrical report
If you thought that Australia's education system was bad then you ain't seen nothing yet. Waiting for Superman shows just how bad things are in the USA and you DON'T want it to happen here. Unless you're rich, then you can send your kids to a private school.
The documentary, education movie Waiting for Superman is directed by Davis Guggenheim and stars Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Bill Strickland.
Government security censorship classification
PG (Mild coarse language)
Surveillance time
111 minutes (1:51 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 24 March 2011
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