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Brooklyn Castle: Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore. With Rochelle Ballantyne, Oghenakpobo Efekoro, Patrick Johnston, Alexis Paredes Toledo. Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school's champion chess team.
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- Katie Dellamaggiore
- 2012-03-11
Brooklyn Castle is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York.Where an after-school chess program, having both dedicated educators and a supportive community, has triumphed over deep budget cuts to build the most winning junior high school chess team in the country, [1] and the first middle school team to win the United States Chess ...
Oct 31, 2012 · The school’s long-standing after-school chess program has produced a lot of victories in recent years, but “Brooklyn Castle” happens at a time when it reaches a mighty peak. The kids are guided by friendly coach John Galbin and warm teacher Elizabeth Vicery, herself ranked at the expert level. But if you know chess, you realize that a ...
Brooklyn Castle. 2012 · 1 hr 42 min. PG. Documentary. Amidst financial crises, the challenges and triumphs facing a junior high school’s champion chess team members are spotlighted in this documentary. Audio Languages: English.
- Katie Dellamaggiore
- January 1, 2012
- 102 min
Brooklyn Castle is a film that tells the inspiring story of the I.S. 318 chess team from Brooklyn, NY. In theaters October 19, 2012.
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Oct 18, 2012 · Oct. 18, 2012. The child chess champions in the irresistible documentary “Brooklyn Castle” don’t take long, as one of these sweetpeas likes to say, to crush you. Year after year, these big ...