Waiting for 'Superman'

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (9457 Reviews)

Director:

Davis Guggenheim

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Charles Adam Charles Adams Jonathan Alter Robert Balfanz

Writer:

Davis Guggenheim

Billy Kimball

Fullplot:

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.

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