DVD
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Waiting for "Superman"
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten.
Publication Information
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG; some thematic material, mild language and incidental smoking.
Summary
From the Academy Award-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth comes a feature film that provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. Waiting for "Superman" has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2010.
Special features: four additional inspiring teacher/student stories ; The making of "Shine," the film's title track by musician John Legend ; a conversation with director Davis Guggenheim.