Brooklyn Castle

Brooklyn Castle

2012
1h 41m
6.8

6.8/10

19 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

"Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318"

Overview

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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Status: Released

Revenue: $219,407

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Rescued Media Doc Society
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

chess scholarship competition chess champion chess tournament public school woman director

Quick Facts

Release Date October 19, 2012
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1800266
Website Visit Site

Cast

John Galvin
John Galvin

Himself

Elizabeth Vicary
Elizabeth Vicary

Herself

Rochelle Ballantyne
Rochelle Ballantyne

Herself

Pobo Efekoro
Pobo Efekoro

Himself

Justus Williams
Justus Williams

Himself

Alex Stripunsky
Alex Stripunsky

Himself

James Stallings
James Stallings

Himself

Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley

Himself

Alexis Paredes
Alexis Paredes

Himself

Miron Sher
Miron Sher

Himself

Patrick Johnston
Patrick Johnston

Himself

Fortunato Rubio
Fortunato Rubio

Himself

Key Crew

Katie Dellamaggiore
Director
Robert McLellan
Executive Producer
Geoff Gibson
Executive Producer
Brian Schulz
Producer
Katie Dellamaggiore
Producer
Nelson Dellamaggiore
Producer