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Brooklyn Castle is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York.
Mar 11, 2012 · Brooklyn Castle: Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore. With Rochelle Ballantyne, Oghenakpobo Efekoro, Patrick Johnston, Alexis Paredes Toledo. Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school's champion chess team.
Brooklyn Castle is a film that tells the inspiring story of the I.S. 318 chess team from Brooklyn, NY. In theaters October 19, 2012.
Oct 31, 2012 · Katie Dellamaggiore ’s inspiring documentary covers two years in the history of the school chess team, during which one team member, Rochelle Ballantyn, approaches her dream of becoming the first female African-American grandmaster in U.S history.
Oct 18, 2012 · Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore. Documentary. PG. 1h 41m. By Manohla Dargis. Oct. 18, 2012. The child chess champions in the irresistible documentary “Brooklyn Castle” don’t take long, as one of...
Brooklyn's I.S. 318 junior high school fits one inner-city stereotype--a majority of its students come from below-the-poverty-line families. All other expectations, as shown in the new documentary Brooklyn Castle, should be checked at the door.
Critical Acclaim. Meet the people featured in Brooklyn Castle.
Sep 27, 2012 · Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn, New York, is housed in a squat concrete building on a dingy inner-city block. The school’s exterior offers little to impress but, in room 319, something extraordinary is happening.
Oct 7, 2013 · Brooklyn Castle is the exhilarating story of five of the school's aspiring young players and how chess became the school's unlikely inspiration for academic success.
BROOKLYN CASTLE tells the stories of five members of the chess team at a below-the-poverty-line inner city junior high school that has won more national championships than any other in the country.
