1 option
Waiting for "Superman" / Paramount Vantage and Participant Media present ; in association with Walden Media ; an Electric Kinney production ; written by Davis Guggenheim & Billy Kimball ; produced by Lesley Chilcott ; directed by Davis Guggenheim.
LIBRA DVD 017 422
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Educational accountability--Law and legislation--United States.
- Educational accountability.
- Educational accountability--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Education--Standards--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Standards.
- Education--United States--Evaluation.
- Evaluation.
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Public schools--United States.
- Public schools.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Waiting for Superman
- Place of Publication:
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life.
- Participant:
- Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten.
- Credits:
- Cinematography by Erich Roland, Bob Richman ; edited by Greg Finton, Jay Cassidy, Kim Roberts ; music by Christophe Beck ; title track "Shine" written and performed by John Legend.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 2010 documentary.
- Companion book: Waiting for "Superman" : how we can save America's failing public schools / edited by Karl Weber.
- Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott -- Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education) -- Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film) -- A conversation with Davis Guggenheim -- The future is in our classrooms -- The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend) -- deleted scenes.
- Winner, Best Documentary, National Board of Review ; Winner, 2010 Audience Award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1415757224
- 9781415757222
- OCLC:
- 692818642
- Publisher Number:
- 097363565048
- 097363565055
- 35650 Paramount Home Entertainment
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.