The Lottery (2010)

Directed by

Madeleine Sackler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the debate over public charter schools in the United States. It follows families who enter a lottery for a spot at a sought-after charter school.

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What happens

The Lottery is a 2010 documentary film about the controversy surrounding public and charter schools in the United States, directed by Madeleine Sackler. The film was produced by Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, James Lawler, and Madeleine Sackler. The cinematographer was Wolfgang Held (Brüno, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Children Underground). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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