Brooklyn Castle (2012)
Brooklyn Castle (2012)
Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318
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.

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Cast

John Galvin John Galvin As: Himself
Elizabeth Vicary Elizabeth Vicary As: Herself
Rochelle Ballantyne Rochelle Ballantyne As: Herself
Pobo Efekoro Pobo Efekoro As: Himself
Justus Williams Justus Williams As: Himself
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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.


Tagline: Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318
Certification: PG

Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 19 October 2012

Country: US

Runtime: 101m

Company Credits

Company: Rescued Media

Revenue: $219,407

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Production Crew

Robert McLellan

Robert McLellan

Executive Producer

Geoff Gibson

Geoff Gibson

Executive Producer

Brian Schulz

Brian Schulz

Producer

Katie Dellamaggiore

Katie Dellamaggiore

Producer

Nelson Dellamaggiore

Nelson Dellamaggiore

Producer

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Sound

B. Satz

B. Satz

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Brian Schulz

Brian Schulz

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Katherine Kennedy

Katherine Kennedy

Art Direction

Other Crew

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