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The fate of our country won't be decided on a battlefield, it will be determined in a classroom. - Waiting for "Superman"
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Title: Waiting for "Superman"

Release Date: 24 Sep 2010

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Electric Kinney Films, Walden Media, Participant, Paramount Vantage

Production Companies: Electric Kinney Films, Walden Media, Participant, Paramount Vantage

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.

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Average Vote: 6.932 (134 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Charles Adams
  • Self: Jonathan Alter
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