Brooklyn Castle
2012, English. Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore.
Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318
Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he’d only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a “school in need of improvement” to one of New York City’s best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
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- Released
- 19 October 2012
- Country
- United States of America
- Box office
- $219K
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Brooklyn Castle runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Brooklyn Castle is rated PG in India. That rating means it is generally fine for children.
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Who directed Brooklyn Castle?
Brooklyn Castle (2012) was directed by Katie Dellamaggiore and stars John Galvin, Elizabeth Vicary, Rochelle Ballantyne.