The Lottery (2010)
You could win an education.
Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.
- Date of release
- 2010-06-11
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Documentary, Thriller
- Director
- Madeleine Rotzler
Casting
- Cory Booker — Self
- Geoffrey Canada — Self
Interesting facts
The Lottery is a 2010 documentary film about the controversy surrounding public and charter schools in the United States, directed by Madeleine Sackler. The film was produced by Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, James Lawler, and Madeleine Sackler. The cinematographer was Wolfgang Held.
Production
Sackler, a graduate of Duke University, said she was inspired to make the film by news footage of a charter-school lottery at the Harlem Armory in 2008. This is her first film project.
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