Waiting For Superman

Waiting For Superman

Director: Davis Guggenheim
Genre: Documentary
Rated: PG
Running Time: 111 minutes

Synopsis: From Davis Guggenheim, the Academy Award®-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth, comes another stirring, must-see clarion call of our times: Waiting For Superman, a deeply personal exploration of the current state of public education in the U.S. and how it is affecting their children. Fueled by his conscience and electrified by the possibilities for change, Guggenheim sets off on a probing journey into the lives of five unforgettable kids whose dreams, hopes and untapped potential reveal all that it is at stake at this critical moment.

They include Daisy, an L.A. fifth-grader who, no matter what, never gives up on big plans for her future; Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life; Anthony, a Washington D.C. fifth-grader in search of a different life from that of the dad he lost to drug addiction; Emily, an eighth-grader in Silicon Valley who fears being permanently stamped as unfit for college; and Bianca, a Harlem kindergartener already aiming, with her single mother's valiant help, to make it against the odds.

In spite of their rousing determination and grit, the shocking reality is that most of film's touching and funny cast of kids will be barred from a chance at what was once taken for granted: a great American education. In addressing these questions through dynamic storytelling, Guggenheim sparks a vital national conversation and introduces us to a group of education reformers currently defying the odds.

Waiting For Superman has received widespread critical acclaim in the US and has received numerous awards and nominations.

Release Date: 24th of March, 2011
Website: www.waitingforsuperman.com