Director of ‘WAITING FOR SUPERMAN’ Davis Guggenheim The Filmmaker behind the Oscar® Winning Film ‘An Inconvenient Truth Comes and Engaing, Inspiring and Provocative Look At Public Education joined us this morning! Academy Award®-winning director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) delivers another provocative film experience with his compelling and inspirational examination of American public education in “Waiting For Superman.” Named the Best Documentary of the year by the National Board of Review, and cited by the American Film Institute as one of the year’s best movies, the film was called “an electrifying call to action” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), and has launched a movement to achieve real and lasting change in the nation’s schools. The film depicts the moving and poignant struggles of real-life students and their families and the efforts of educators and reformers who are working to find viable solutions within a dysfunctional system. As part of an effort to assist viewers in finding a way to make a difference in public schools across the country, DonorsChoose.org will give consumers a credit for each ‘Waiting For Superman’ Blu-ray or DVD purchase that can be donated to any classroom project listed on DonorsChoose.org. This generous donation exceeds the expected retail price of the DVD. Consumers simply visit the website, select a project and then enter their unique code to make the donation. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each …
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