Cast
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Release Year2012
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationPG
GenresDocumentary
Votes20
DirectorKatie Dellamaggiore
WritersKatie Dellamaggiore
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsBrooklyn Castle
About Brooklyn Castle
Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he’d only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a “school in need of improvement” to one of New York City’s best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.
Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore, Brooklyn Castle leans on a strong ensemble — John Galvin, Elizabeth Vicary, Rochelle Ballantyne — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2012.
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