Brooklyn Castle

"Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318"

Mar 11 2012 PG 1h 41m
Documentary

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.

Plot

Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school's champion chess team.

Written by

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Directed by

Katie Dellamaggiore

Cast

Rochelle Ballantyne, Oghenakpobo Efekoro, Patrick Johnston

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Rescued Media

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
Brooklyn Castle - In theaters now [OFFICIAL TRAILER]
Scores
# of Votes
1,042
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
77
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