Storyline

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.—Sundance Film Festival

Plot Keywords

education, student, high school, teacher, california, girl, boy, teenage girl, classroom, hispanic, african american, washington d.c., los angeles california, new york, school

Short Review

It's possible that one of the reasons why the film wasn't nominated for a best-documentary Oscar was because it was too horrifying.

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