The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman (2011)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows students and their families as they try to get into charter schools. It looks at problems in the American public education system.
educationalthoughtfulsoberingcriticalfocusedemotionalinvestigativestirring
What happens
Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. The film criticizes the American public education system by following several students as they strive to be accepted into competitive charter schools such as KIPP LA Schools, Harlem Success Academy and Summit Preparatory Charter High School. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
- The Lottery (2010)
- American Teacher (2011)
- Bully (2011)
- Flunked (2008)
- Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
- Precious Knowledge (2011)
- These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…