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Waiting for "Superman"(2010)
Status: Released
Date: 2010-09-24
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143 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
The fate of our country won't be decided on a battlefield, it will be determined in a classroom.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Electric Kinney Films
Movie: Waiting for "Superman"
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Jonathan Alter
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