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NAACP
Presents:
The Lottery
Location: Moore B03
Time: 6:00pm
Date: Today, Wednesday Dec. 1st 2010
Food will be provided by OBSA
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About the movie: The Lottery uncovers the failures of the traditional public school
system and reveals that hundreds of thousands of parents attempt to flee the system
every year. The Lottery follows four of these families from Harlem and the Bronx
who have entered their children in a charter school lottery. Out of thousands
of hopefuls, only a small minority will win the chance of a better future.
Directed by Madeleine Sackler and shot by award-winning cinematographer Wolfgang
Held, The Lottery uncovers a ferocious debate surrounding the education reform
movement. Interviews with politicians and educators explain not only the crisis
in public education, but also why it is fixable. A call to action to avert a catastrophe
in the education of American children, The Lottery makes the case that any child
can succeed. (http://thelotteryfilm.com/about)