Waiting for "Superman" (2010)

  • PG
  • 01/22/2010 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 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.

Davis Guggenheim

Director, Writer

Billy Kimball

Writer

Cast

Charles Adams's headshot

Charles Adams

Self
Jonathan Alter's headshot

Jonathan Alter

Self

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