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Waiting for "Superman"

Waiting for "Superman"

The fate of our country won't be decided on a battlefield, it will be determined in a classroom.

2010•1h 51m•6.9/10
Documentary

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6.9/10(145)

Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.

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Production

Electric Kinney Films, Walden Media, Participant, Paramount Vantage

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Charles Adams

Self

Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter

Self

Geoffrey Canada

Self

Celeste Bell

Self

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