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Spare Parts (2015)

Spare Parts poster
Directed by
Sean McNamara
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 224 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of Mexican American high school students from a low income area form a robotics team. They build an underwater robot and enter a national competition against elite universities.

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What happens

Spare Parts is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara and produced by David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Leslie Kolins Small, George Lopez, and Ben Odell. It is based on the Wired magazine article "La Vida Robot" (Robot Life) by Joshua Davis, about the true story of a group of students from a mainly Latino high school, who competed in the 2004 MATE ROV competition. The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 16, 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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