Brooklyn Castle

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Brooklyn Castle

PG

2012

1h 41m

Documentary

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Chess helps transforms a New York school into one of the city's best, but recession-driven budget cuts threaten to undermine the school's championship chess team.

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Brooklyn Castle is a warm, engaging, and even uplifting documentary about chess-playing whiz kids.

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David Hinckley

New York Daily News

Oct 7, 2013

4/5

Brooklyn Castle does a superb job of celebrating the triumph while reinforcing the relentless vigilance it requires from everyone involved.

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Mar 28, 2013

3/4

Brooklyn Castle is inspiring stuff that grabs you by the throat and will leave you cheering - quietly of course. No shouting in a chess match.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Mar 1, 2013

B

There's a general spirit of triumph and perseverance to "Brooklyn Castle" that's inevitably uplifting.

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

Mar 31, 2020

I cannot recommend this highly enough. You will find hope in a new generation of teenagers and a desire to see education thrive in our country again.

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

Feb 9, 2020

Dellamaggiore has crafted a doc that highlights our currently shrinking school budgets, while making light of what can be done with a little hope, perseverance, and community outreach.

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Elias Savada

Film Threat

Jun 6, 2013

3.5/5

With Brooklyn Castle it's really nice to see so many young, positive minds at play in the world, and to cheer on so many smiling children dreaming of enlightened futures.

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Luke W

Nov 6, 2018

This film was almost good.

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Katie Dellamaggiore

Director

Katie Dellamaggiore

Producer

Nelson Dellamaggiore

Producer

Brian Schultz

Producer

Wendy Ettinger

Executive Producer

Robert Mclellan

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Synopsis

Chess helps transforms a New York school into one of the city's best, but recession-driven budget cuts threaten to undermine the school's championship chess team.

Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Producer: Katie Dellamaggiore, Nelson Dellamaggiore, Brian Schultz
Distributor: PDA
Production Co: Le Castle Film Works, Rescued Media
Rating: PG (Some Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $219.4K
Runtime: 1h 41m

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