Brooklyn Castle - SXSW 2012 Accepted Film

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 -- an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level -- that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he'd only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a "school in need of improvement" to one of New York City's best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.

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[MoodiFLEX]

it was a really uplifting film, actually had really good directing and it was composed amazingly. could not get better. i also respect the kids in the video, they work harder than i have ever worked in my life, and i'm 16! they are like 12 and 13. makes me want to work harder. i saw a review that was very true, "irresistibly uplifting" and "incredibly moving".

[Yugioh Rulings]

Oh and Wassupp @krystian

[Yugioh Rulings]

I'm on the chess team of 318 ms vicary now Mrs. Spiegal is so hard on us chess is pretty much a part of our school schedule o.o

[Loretta Donaldson]

I have got to support this movie!

[Jcop42]

Great movie!

[elgin31901]

lol i go to 318

[Krystian Psujek]

I go to 318 and we're not called the "Brooklyn knights" however alot of this is true and the reason J-z's page took you hear is because he went to 318

[WestlandsChess]

We would love to get a copy of this film to screen to our members here in Nairobi, Kenya.

[fluffykamehameha]

lol it was like the most boring film ever.