Waiting for "Superman"

Waiting for "Superman"

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Sep 24 2010

2h 51m

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Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.

Charles Adams

Charles Adams

Self

Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter

Self

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