Brooklyn Castle
“Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318”
2012•PG•1h 41m•6.8•Released
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.
Director
Katie Dellamaggiore
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Rescued Media
Cast
John Galvin
Himself
Elizabeth Vicary
Herself
Rochelle Ballantyne
Herself
Pobo Efekoro
Himself
Justus Williams
Himself
Alex Stripunsky
Himself
James Stallings
Himself
Maurice Ashley
Himself
Alexis Paredes
Himself
Miron Sher
Himself
Patrick Johnston
Himself
Fortunato Rubio
Himself
James Black, Jr
Himself
Production
Company
Rescued Media
Company
Doc Society
Producer
Katie Dellamaggiore
Producer
Nelson Dellamaggiore
Producer
Brian Schulz
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