Waiting for "Superman"

Sep 24, 2010

1h 51m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

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

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Electric Kinney Films

Walden Media

Participant

Paramount Vantage

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Cast

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Charles Adams

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Jonathan Alter

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Geoffrey Canada

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Celeste Bell

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7.6

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6.2

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1.0

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8.0

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6.8

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6.3

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4.7

No Regret

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0.0

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0.0

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7.0

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0.0

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0.0

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7.3

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7.5

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10.0

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0.0

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Waiting for "Superman"

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